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to as the "Terror of Islam" just as how such acts would not be referred
to as the "Terror of Christianity" if they were Christians or "Terror of
Judaism" if they were Jews. It is impossible to kill people in the name
of a Divine religion because as per the morality of religion, a human
being is considered as a being who carries the soul of God and thus the
utmost value is attached to them.
Unless otherwise forgiven by God, killing innocent people is a
grave sin punishable by the torment of hell. A person who lives by the
morality of the Qur'an and has a fear of God in his heart would never
dare to kill a person. Being aware that a person will give an account of
all his deeds he has done throughout his life in this world in God's
Presence deters Muslims from assuming an attitude incompatible with
the Qur'an, committing a deed proclaimed to be unlawful by God or
resorting to violence and terror.
No matter the religion a perpetrator of such violence claims to
belong to, an attack committed in the name of "religion" is actually also
an attack against the religion itself. True religion commands love, com-
passion and peace. Terror, on the other hand, is merciless, and seeks
only mindless bloodshed, killing
and suffering. Consequently
while seeking a perpetrator
for a terror act, we need to
seek the source not in gen-
uine piousness, but in radi-
calism or irreligion. The
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