so, the most egregious apologists will actually be so absurd as to argue that isis is just an indigenous group following an indigenous system of law.

....and that is so far removed from reality as to be racist. it's a perfect example of orientalism. and, it's complete bullshit.

these are foreign mercenaries that showed up with guns and forced people to do what they want, or else; it's the furthest thing possible from a spontaneous uprising, and the proof of it is in the pile of dead bodies and unmarked graves left in it's wake.