Expanding on this, the author writes: > Da'esh's plan to take over the world isn't rooted in a theological destiny of Muslims; it's rooted in an explicitly pol

Expanding on this, the author writes: > Da'esh's plan to take over the world isn't rooted in a theological destiny of Muslims; it's rooted in an explicitly political vision of conquest. That is probably true of Al Qaeda or Hezbollah but Daesh's worldview is[0] rooted in Islamic apocalyptic theology. [0]: See "What ISIS Really Wants" for a good analysis of this. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/03/what-isis-really-wants/384980/ http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/03/what-isi...