Obama Calls ISIS a ‘Vicious Death Cult’ at National Prayer Breakfast

President Barack Obama called the militant group Islamic State a “brutal, vicious death cult” in one of his strongest condemnations to date of the group.

Speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Mr. Obama praised the ability of religion to lift people up and inspire good deeds, and condemned what he said was a distortion of faith by groups like Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL.

“We see faith driving us to do right. But we also see faith being twisted and distorted, used...