Defining “the True Message of Islam”: How ISIS Recruiters Use Religious Texts To Encourage and Justify Slaughter

After every Islamist bloodbath, we hear from Muslims and the Mother Jones/Daily Kos crowd thatreligion had norole in the slaughter. The Charlie Hebdo massacre again brought out some well-intentionedprotesters whoinsisted on severing the criminals from their Islamicinspiration, despite the fact that the killers shouted “Allahu Akbar” and “We have avenged the prophet!”

Said aFrench Muslim namedDiallo,

This is not a question of religion. It’s a personal problem, and in fact it doesn’t have to do w...