While President Obama has assured the American people that “Islam is a religion that preaches peace,” and the U.S. will “never be at war with Islam” because “Islam teaches peace,” this is also a one-sided narrative. It may be that the two stances are antimonies, and the truth lies somewhere in between.
The problem with defining a religion as one of “peace” or “war” is it leaves no human agency to interpret it. As Yousef points out, the most hardened terrorists believe they
are ardent followers of Muhamed – who was not “peaceful.”
are ardent followers of Muhamed – who was not “peaceful.”
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