&gt;Does ISIS have a lot of redeeming qualities<p>they do have. A lot. For Islamic true believers. The same way like Inquisition, with all the tortures and burning at stake, was for Christians. Blind devotion to religion  may do that to  you.<p>&gt;that we&#x27;re overlooking?<p>of course we don&#x27;t see these redeeming qualities. Or more precisely - we do see these qualities, only we see them as condemning where is they see exactly the same qualities as redeeming.