article_snippet: Confronted with such brazen depravity as shown in ISIS propaganda videos, many take what their propagandists say very seriously: That their are, indeed, doing what their faith tells their to do.
article_snippet: On the other hand, few believed ISIS when ISIS was claimed their would negotiate with the Japanese authorities to release one of their citizens captured in Syria, who was later killed.
article_snippet: Taking ISIS at their word is probably not the most sensible course of action -- it is obviously quite wrong -- and duplicitous -- about a number of things.
article_snippet: Since the dawn of ISIS, numerous Muslim religious authorities have denounced the claim to authenticity by ISIS, on religious grounds -- none have given the claim that prize of legitimacy the claim so craves.
article_snippet: That is, except for ISIS, and for some odd reason, some in the West who insist on taking ISIS at ISIS word.
article_snippet: Religious authorities at large, and Muslims in general, may recognize ISIS members as Muslims, albeit gravely deviant ones who ought to be treated as criminals.
article_snippet: That doesn't, nevertheless, entail recognizing their claims as accurate -- only that their take their seriously, and others may too.
article_snippet: Specialists in the field of radicalization took great exception to the implication, with experts from the likes of Exeter University and Kings College London describing it as "absurd," and "bizarre.