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TERRORISM: THE RITUAL OF THE DEVIL

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The morality of religion forbids all kinds of terrorist acts, and yet,
a number of terrorist groups still claim that they are acting in its name.
Yet, when one has a close look at the world-views of those who carry
out massacres or employ violence as a method, it is quite clear that such
people are deviant. They have no idea of truth of religion, and are un-
able to live by or comprehend its morality. Anyone who genuinely be-
lieves in the existence of God, who truly fears Him and abides by the
book revealed by Him would never be able to take any kind of action
that might harm innocent and defenseless people. Those who carry out
acts of terrorism and violence in the name of Islam, therefore, cannot
possibly be called religious groups.
The true message of a religion or other system of ideas may some-
times be twisted by its so-called supporters, or interpreted incorrectly.
That applies to Judaism as well as Christianity. The Crusaders, for in-
stance, were European Christians who set out from Europe at the end
of the 11th century with the aim of liberating the Holy Land. They may
have set out with an alleged religious agenda, but they spread fear and
barbarity wherever they went.
The savagery of these barbarians who misinterpreted Christianity,
which is a religion of love and certainly has no room for violence,
clearly had nothing to do with genuine religion at all.
Most of those who resort to terror in the name of religion are fa-
natical groups linked to pagan beliefs or newly developed mystical
teachings, not the divine religions at all. These groups, and especially
those in America and Japan, carry out terrible acts of violence against
their own members as well as other people. These include the groups
that burned themselves to death on a farm, or committed mass suicide
in their beds, or the people who harmed others by releasing poison gas