Probably shouldn’t be admitting this, but I used to read the ISIS magazines they released back in 2014 - 2015. In the monthly issue when they executed that Jordanian pilot by burning him alive, they quoted this from the Quran to justify their actions: <br>“And if you punish [an enemy, O believers], punish with an equivalent of that with which you were harmed…”<br><br>But they didn’t show the full verse. Here is that full verse:<br>“And if you punish [an enemy, O believers], punish with an equivalent of that with which you were harmed. But if you are patient - it is better for those who are patient.” - Quran [16:126]<br><br>Extremist groups do bad things in spite of Islam, not because of it. I’m guessing many Muslims simply aren’t aware of how reasonable Islam is cause we often try to make Islam seem completely pacifist. But pacifist just means you’re gonna let an intruder murder your whole family because you’re “so morally righteous”. Islam is neither violent nor pacifist, it is reasonable.,(reply>), Thank you so much for saying this. Many people who criticize Islam bring up those violent groups in order to formulate an argument against Islam rather than learning that these groups do not even follow Islam unlike how they claim to follow it in the public eye.