Excellent point by professor Thomas Hoffmann (photo above): Violent Muslims react on the Quran and the Quran’s commandments on how to react on critisim and towards non-Muslims and non-Islamic values. Not on “racism”, “islamophobia” etc…

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Translated from Uriasposten:

“‘There is a need to understand the hostility towards the West and Western values on its own terms,’ says professor in religious history Thomas Hoffmann: ‘We must believe what people say. If Muslims say they do something because it is in the Qur’an, we must take their word for it and take their sincerity seriously,’ says Thomas Hoffmann. …

‘I’ve been a little tired of the description of Muslims as people who are always reactive. As if all Muslims do, is done in a reaction to something that others have done, and that they can not be proactive and take the initiative for better or for worse. Many want to articulate Muslims as passive victims, and thus ignores some theological structures and patterns that are actively used by Muslims themselves.’”