Why would they want to negotiate? They&#x27;re winning hands down.<p>Seems pretty clear from many sources that their stated goal is to restore the &quot;caliphate&quot; — an Islamic state under the rule of a community of religious scholars guided by a caliph taken to mean the successor to the Prophet Muhammad For them anyone who doesn&#x27;t believe in their interpretation of Islam must convert or die.<p>Meanwhile President Obama has encouraging words for them: 
“The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam”. So much for free speech and cartoons.