IS 'not a state, not justified by Islam': top Egyptian cleric

IS 'not a state, not justified by Islam': top Egyptian cleric
Singapore (AFP) Jan 26, 2015 - The Islamic State (IS) group, which has sown a trail of terror across Syria and Iraq, is neither a state nor justified by Islam, Egypt's top Muslim cleric said Monday. "We have already asserted that we should never use the term Islamic State for ISIS," Egypt's Grand Mufti Sheikh Shawky Allam said at a public forum in Singapore. "It is not a state in the first place, neither is it justifi ... morehttp://www.spacewar.com/reports/IS_not_a_state_not_justified_by_Islam_top_Egyptian_cleric_999.html