Lets ban the weapon used most frequently in mass shootings and crimes!
That's not assault rifles, it's handguns.
The terrorism label is wrong, it is an "act of war"
"An act of war is an action by one country against another with an intention to provoke a war or an action that occurs during a declared war or armed conflict between military forces of any origin. The loss or damage caused due to such conflicts are excluded from insurance coverage except for life assurances."
source:
http://definitions.uslegal.com/a/act-of-war/The problems with defining it as an "act of war" from our(western) perspective:
-ISIS is an unrecognized state.
-Anyone that claims to act on ISIS behalf needs to be verified with their top leader before they can be categorized as "foreign military force"
-They target mostly civilians, not military targets, this sounds more like terrorism.
The non-problem if we respect their views of themselves:
-Non-muslims are all part of "The house of war"
-Infidels should be killed, with some exceptions(Jizya taxes for people of the book)
-Conquer "the house of war" and by so doing make it part of "the house of islam"
I believe that they believe this, IMO we must start by accepting the fact that they act and believe in accordance what they claim to be.
And the definition is: Rational Muslim
Their actions are a very rational(aka. taken at face value with minimal theological mumbo-jumbo hermeneutics) if you look at the scriptures(aka. axioms used as the foundation of the rationale).
With a non-rational unquestioned starting point you can justify some very strange things:
Let's say I'm convinced I'm Napoleon, with that conviction it is a rationally justifiable me to act as I believe Napoleon would.
Judging by this youtube clip: insanity is not completely incompatible with having a consistent understanding of their scriptures