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Scholars: ISIS Abhorent To Islam Followers
Scholars: ISIS Abhorent To Islam Followers

HARTFORD -- The so-called Islamic State, a brutal militia that has taken control of parts of Iraq and Syria and committed widespread atrocities, is "abhorrent to almost all followers of Islam," an Islamic scholar told a gathering at the Hartford Seminary Thursday. "Certainly what they are doing is against Islamic law," said Professor Mahmoud Ayoub, who specializes in Christian-Muslim relations. Ayoub was one of four seminary faculty members, three Muslims and one Syrian Christian, who took part in a seminar that sought to explain the Islamic State's roots, influence and how it's viewed in the Muslim world. The Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, was...