Muslims Take Stand Against ISIS

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Muslims all over the world are standing up to condemn the actions taken by ISIS and other terrorist organizations. The campaign “Not In My Name” was started to demonstrate that the majority of Muslims do not support Islamic extremists who perpetrate acts of terror, like the ones in Paris this month. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian (The Point) hosts of The Young Turks discuss.

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“Whoever kills an innocent person, it is as though he has killed all of mankind,” tweeted London-based journalist Shehnaz Khan on Friday, quoting the Quran. Khan also included two hashtag with that messages: #TerrorismHasNoReligion and #NotInMyName.

Following the wave of terror attacks that killed more than 130 people in Paris last week, many Muslims and others around the world have revived the hashtag #NotInMyName to take a stand against the Islamic State and the extremism they preach.

ISIS has claimed responsibility for the coordinated attacks.”

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