Pretty abstract.
Are they a terrorist group? Yep.
Are they a government? In some areas, yep.
Are they a religious movement? Yep.
Are they different things to their different opportunistic members? Yep.
Are they firmly convinced that they are exceptional in the world? Yep.
Are they openly doing terrible things in the furtherance of their cause and their individual goals? Yep.
Are we? Well, not openly.