Drawing on internal Islamic State documents, theological treatises and other lines of evidence, this paper presents a comparative analysis of the Islamic State's treatment of three religious groups- the Yezidis, Christians and Shi'a- utilising the analytical framework of in-group/out-group dynamics and how they relate to the Islamic State's extremist worldview. The paper shows that despite the Islamic State's hostility to the general mass of 'out- group' of 'disbelievers,' there is not necessarily a monolithic 'out-group' but rather different types with some being deemed even worse than others. This differentiation then has implications for the group's policies towards different religious groups, especially on the question of identity-based crimes such as persecution and genocide.
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