This story highlights the fact that Muslims themselves have an interest in curbing jihad violence, rather than stigmatizing and demonizing those who call attention to it. Yet there is no large-scale Muslim movement to stop jihad activity, and self-proclaimed Islamic reformers are often insincere opportunists, profiteering off nervous conservatives anxious to prove they’re not “anti-Muslim.” […]
Afghanistan: Muslims murder at least 26 with car bomb at Eid celebration
Ramadan is over, but that doesn’t mean that one can’t still strive to please Allah by waging jihad against those whom one considers to be the deity’s enemies. “Afghanistan Eid car bomb, claimed by Islamic State, kills 26,” by Rupam Jain and Qadir Sediqi, Reuters, June 16, 2018: KABUL (Reuters) – A car bomb killed […]