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June 25, 2014       Share:    

Source: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2014/06/23/How-much-support-does-ISIS-enjoy-.html

Who Is Supporting ISIS?

(Al Arabiya) Abdulrahman al-Rashed - In the Jordanian city of Ma'an following last Friday's prayers, 20-30 people took to the streets holding banners saluting the terrorist organization of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and announcing that their city supports what they called the state of Islam. Twitter is crowded with people who support and sympathize with ISIS. Iraqis in the areas where there's fighting see ISIS as their savior and they haven't yet seen the group's hideous face. How popular is ISIS, which is more brutal than al-Qaeda itself? I think it's unlikely that anyone has realized the truth yet, and I fear that ISIS has made it into the hearts and minds of the youth by exploiting sectarian causes and the persecution committed in the Syrian war.

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