Europe’s Muslims Stand Up to ISIS With Public Protests, Twitter Campaign

The world has more than 1 billion Muslims and the vast majority reject that the Islamic State terrorists represent their faith. “From Norway in the far north to Germany and France, Muslims have taken to the streets to denounce the IS militants controlling large areas of Iraq and Syria who they say have hijacked their religion and terminology to spread hate and breed violence,” reports Agence France Presse. A statement read in mosques throughout Germany noted that the terrorist group is “acting under the banner of the Prophet, but their crimes show that they have not understood a word of what Allah has revealed to us and how our Prophet lived by these commandments.” Authorities report that IS recruiters are recruiting vulnerable men, aged 16 to 25. Muslim groups are speaking out against youth traveling to Turkey, then crossing the border with Syria, to fight, and hotlines are set up for families and friends to report radical behavior. – YaleGlobal