In Ramadan Attacks, ISIS Reveals its Top Target: Other Muslims – Christian Science Monitor

With a series of bombings during the past week, the Islamic State has killed hundreds of Muslims.

And they have not been collateral damage – they have been the main targets.

From Istanbul to Saudi Arabia, Baghdad to Bangladesh, the Islamic State has been linked to or is suspected in attacks that deliver a clear message of intimidation to fellow Muslims. They are part of a growing campaign to silence leading Islamic voices who challenge the group’s narrow, apocalyptic interpretation of Islam.

It is a stark reminder that, in the self-declared Islamic State’s efforts to establish a caliphate, it is rival Muslims – who fail to join their jihad – who are a much greater enemy than non-Muslim “infidels.” Read full on Christian Science Monitor