How religious are so-called ‘Islamic terrorists’?

Mehdi Hasan challenges the common view that ISIL or al-Qaeda attackers are devout Muslims.

“Islam has a problem”, that’s the often repeated phrase following attacks carried out by those who claim to be doing so in the name of religion.

A look at some of the attackers, however, shows that many may actually not have been motivated by religion at all.

In this week’s Reality Check, Mehdi Hasan challenges the common view that ISIL and al-Qaeda attackers are devout Muslims.

Source: Al Jazeera



Categories: Extremism, Islam

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  1. I wonder if this will put a dent in Quilliam’s strategy to ‘reform’ Islam?

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  2. No Couple Before Nikah's avatar

    Whenever i say this to my friends and others, that they weren’t actually practicing Muslims. This is the reply i get most of the time “dude, why can’t you guys take responsibility for anything?”

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