A 2008 report conducted by MI5 concluded that the majority of 'Islamic terrorists' are in fact not Islamic at all. In fact a large number of them neither practise their faith regularly nor have any real idea what it teaches. The report goes further to suggest that there actually exists evidence that
'a well-established religious identity actually protects against violent radicalisation.'
To many people this may come as a shock. Aiming to provide a stronger religious identity to a potential religious extremist appears counter-intuitive, foolish even. However those who understand and follow what Islam really teaches are in fact amongst the last people on earth that would ever commit such a senseless act of violence as was recently committed in Paris.
Understanding that every single human life is sacred, the Qur'an compares the killing of a single individual to the killing of the whole of mankind. Not only this, but it also condemns all discussions that have the potential to lead to [...]
What is ISIS? The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS, Daesh, and other names) is a Salafi jihadist terrorist organisation. It is a former unrecognised proto-state that follows a fundamentalist, Salafi doctrine of Sunni Islam. ISIS gained global prominence in early 2014 when it drove Iraqi government forces out
of key cities in its Western Iraq offensive, followed by its capture of Mosul and the Sinjar massacre.
What is TheQuran? Quran, literally meaning "the recitation" is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims believe to be a revelation from God (Allah). It is widely regarded as the finest work in classical Arabic literature. The Quran is divided into chapters (surah in Arabic), which are then divided into
verses (ayah). Muslims believe that the Quran was verbally revealed by God to Muhammad through the angel Gabriel (Jibril), gradually over a period of approximately 23 years, beginning on 22 December 609 CE, when Muhammad was 40, and concluding in 632, the year of his death. Muslims regard the Quran as the most important miracle of Muhammad, a proof of his prophethood, and the culmination of a series of divine messages that started with the messages revealed to Adam and ended with Muhammad.
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