KUALA LUMPUR: The ideology and actions of violent extremist groups such as Islamic State are a travesty against the teachings of Islam, said a renowned scholar of Islam.
“God teaches us to compete with one another in doing good, but what we see today is al-Qaeda and IS competing over how many people they can kill,” said Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, chairman and founder of the Cordoba Initiative.
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