But these people don't reflect on these great religions. They attach the violence to the secular group, but the media has definitely attached it to Islam. Anwar Hajjaj, professor of Islamic studies at American Open University in Falls Church, Va., sees the misrepresentation as the continuation of a long-standing trend. It is about fighting your own desires - self control. Islam cannot mandate a war unless attacked.
War is only for self-defense.
However, it is arguably the terrorist attacks that carve the sharpest images into the minds of many Americans. Rahman insists that terrorists are aberrations within the group. But they are, in essence, really violating some of the basic tenets of Islam. Hajjaj also maintains that terrorist groups have misinterpreted the teachings of the Koran. You can be an insider and disobey all the traffic laws, and you don't care about the Internal Revenue Service or anything, and you can still be an insider.