IS believes it is divinely commanded to adopt particularly draconian and savage tactics because there is a verse of the Koran which issues a command to "strike terror into [the hearts of] the enemies of Allah".
If the two values are identical, IS believes the requestor is a valid client.
Based on Prophetic sayings, IS believes the town will take centre stage in a cosmic battle between East and West.
IS believes in a principle known as "qisas" which, in its broadest terms, is the law of equal retaliation.
The fact the poems are scrawled on the back of an envelope Thomas had been planning to send to Sitwell is, believes Blakeney, "a wonderful, mad coincidence".
"What's really interesting about people willingly putting all this information out about themselves is they don't think about where the delete button is," believes Kirby.
I also have an inbuilt loathing of any foodstuff that comes trailing celebrity fans (Gwyneth Paltrow, joyless Twiglet that she is, believes in manuka, and so does Scarlett Johansson, who rubs it into her face – here's the science bit – to "pull out the impurities").
"Oscar, broken as he is, believes he has a purpose in life.
