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Terrorism and the Koran
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Terrorism and the Koran

By John David Lewis

Jun 11, 2006
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Many people in the West maintain that the Koran is opposed to terrorism: the initiation of violence against unarmed civilians to incite terror for a political cause. To many westerners, Bin Laden, et al are motivated by a totalitarian political ideology, not by Islam, and are "hijackers" of Islam, not genuine followers of the religion.

But the Koran, and…

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