Local Muslims push back on perceptions that ISIS is commiting acts of

For instance, just a day before the Paris attacks, more than 40 people were killed in a double suicide bombing in Beirut, Lebanon.

A peace seminar was also held at the Nasir Mosque on Sunday at which a one minute silence was help to remember the victims of Paris terrorist attacks.

President François Hollande of France said on Saturday that the style of the attacks was more in line with the other attacks of ISIS than by other terrorist groups. This group of extremists who call themselves the Caliphate or Islamic State (Formerly known as ISIS) is a threat to the world and Islam.

“Our thoughts and prayers are for the families of those killed and injured and for the people of France, our neighbours”. In Mumbai, India, Muslims gathered Monday to protest the violence, displaying signs that read, “We hate ISIS terrorism” and “We stand with Paris”.

“The idea of it suddenly being this political ideology that needs to be implemented through armed struggle, that is not something that would be normative at all in the Muslim world”, Halverson said.

The bloodshed was linked to Islamic extremists early on, following reports that the perpetrators had referred to French policy towards Muslims and screamed “Allahu Akbar” during the attacks.

The Muslim Council of Sri Lanka is dismayed at the carnage that the IS has been unleashing on Muslims and non-Muslims in Syria, Iraq, and other Arab nations.

“Those people who perpetuate these horrendous crimes, do not speak for us, they have nothing to do with us”, he said. We can at least start by educating people on what is and isn’t Islam, and who is or isn’t a terrorist.

One thing is clear: Responding to terrorism with xenophobia and intolerance toward Muslims feeds straight into Daesh narratives about the West. When we do discuss USA foreign policy, Moroccans are often quick to assure me that they understand that America’s wars are the fault of our government and not the people.

It once again is not being taken into account that they are human beings just like you or I.

According to a Public Religion Research Institute poll released Tuesday, 56% of Americans polled agreed with the statement “The values of Islam are at odds with American values and way of life”.