Islamic State represents the true Islam and Muslims should undertake an honest assessment and take responsibility for what is happening in the world, according to Dr Arwa Al-Khattabi, a Yemeni expert in European and German history.
The Islamic State has attempted to implement Islam by the book without distorting, changing, or adding anything. She said that Arabs and Muslims must discuss the matter honestly and take responsibility for what is happening in the world rather than act like victims and blame others. “It is very unfortunate that we want to deny… We have a huge problem and we must recognize this before [we do] anything else. We have a problem, and we must take responsibility for it before we blame others for what is happening in the world. We cannot shut our eyes and deny this. It is happening because of us. When we deny things and place the blame on others as if we are forced to do all this and are not the reason for what is happening… We must all own up to what is happening,” she said. She was participating in a discussion on BBC Arabic.
Dr Makram Khouri-Machool, the director of the Cambridge-based European Centre for the Study of Extremism, said most Muslim societies are peaceful and that Islam should not be accused of extremism. He said that there had been no killing of Arab Christians in the Middle East until American and Western occupation.
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