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The religion of Islam has been vilified as being synonymous with terrorism in some mainstream media circles and by many in Western political establishments. This erroneous perception of Islam is due primarily to the selective misinterpretation of specific verses in the Qur’an by those who seek to impugn the religion as being prone to violence, specifically terrorism, in order to achieve its objectives; and by individuals and groups seeking to acquire some form of legitimacy in pursuit of their causes by offering “divinely-inspired justification” for their violent actions. Photo: date and location unknown, poeple praying. http://www.thecommentator.com/article/1093/to_irshad_with_love For More on Quranic Understandings of Violent JihadReligion and Human BehaviorReligion by its inherent nature places adherents of all faiths including non religious people on a relative continuum. Within this continuum varying social and behavioral contexts exist that in principle serve…
