Attempts at Deciphering ISIS

I thought I'd draw your attention to two very different, but thoughtful attempts to analyze the rise of ISIS;

•  Issam Eido at Jadaliyya: ISIS: The Explosion of Narratives - The Land of the Revolution Between Political and Metaphysical Eternities.

• Alireza Doostdar at the Martin Marty Center of the University of Chicago School of Religion: "How Not to Understand ISIS."