I'm an American-Muslim and I despise Islamic terrorists. In fact, despise is not even a strong enough word to convey my true feelings about those who kill innocent people in the name of Islam. I hate them with every fiber of my being. I'm not going to tell you, "Islam is a religion of peace." Nor will I tell you that Islam is a religion of violence. What I will say is that Islam is a religion that, like Christianity and Judaism,  is intended to bring you closer to God. And sadly we have seen people use the name of each of these Abrahamic faiths to wage and justify violence.
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Dean Obeidallah says "despise" is not strong enough to convey how much he hates terrorism
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He says Islam is being wrongly defined by a tiny group of morally bankrupt terrorists
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American Muslims have denounced terror over and over, he says, but public hasn't heard
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Terrorists are motivated by politics, he says. Not one Muslim he knows supports terror
I'm not a terrorism expert but I will share the view of those I have spoken to in the @placeholder community.