Islam is crystal clear to Muslims in its instructions ...

Submitted by Jaladhi (United States), Nov 21, 2015 at 14:17

Islam is very clear in its instructions to Muslims how they should treat non-Muslims and how should they conduct themselves in their day today life. Therefore, murder is murder and cannot be interpreted as love they non-Muslim neighbor! Its the Western mind and the Islamic apologists who create this scenario that Islam is ambiguous in many aspects and that is why each Muslim interprets Islam in his own way. Not true!!

The interpretation of Islam comes through all those imams and clerics who interpret Quran and Hadiths in only the way as Allah asked them to do and this is one reason Al Azhar has never come out and said ISIS is un-Islamic as the delusional Westerners and the Muslim apologists are saying. Al Azhar knows very well what ISIS is doing is per Quran and hadiths. At least they are not spreading taqiyya in this respect!

My question who knows Islam more with clarity - Al Azhar or the Western leaders/Muslim apologists??

What is is this urge in the Western mind to find some excuse to give benefit of doubt to justify the behavior of good pious Muslims, aka jihadi terrorrists?

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