I have read from several sources that ISIL is Salafist.
The Saudis, who most likely control ISIL, are Wahabists.
The Saudis, who most likely control ISIL, are Wahabists.
The two are pretty close in attitudes. I need to find the page in Allen's ‘God's Terrorists’ that describes the major doctrinal points of Wahabism. It just struck me as so much how ISIL’s members are behaving. They have the elan of true believers and are obviously striking terror into the hearts of other Muslims. This is a violent redemptionist movement and ISIL reminds one of the Sudanese Mahdists from the 1880’s.