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Assalamu Alaikum warahmatullahi wa barakatuh

Mufti Mank, welcome to Singapore

Wa Alaikum, Assalam warahmatullahi wa barakatuh

It's an absolute pleasure to be here

Today it's almost rare to hear Islam being mentioned

without having terrorism and ISIS being uttered in the same breath

Do you think ISIS has actually hijacked Islam and its identity?

I think what is happening is that what ISIS is doing seems to have taken the limelight

not to say that the rest of Islam is not doing good work

If we were to focus on the good it would actually eclipse the bad that's being done by ISIS

But I feel news channels obviously would carry the bad that's being done because the good is so much

So yes it is to a certain extent that ISIS has more or less overtaken that image of Islam

perhaps that the non-Muslims have

and this is what makes our duty even much more important of spreading the true image of Islam

or the true message of Islam

How do you think the situation with ISIS or panat?

Because there are some sectors who feel that they are actually very Islamic

I think to say they very Islamic is wrong

because if you take a look at the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him

and even the true Halifats that followed

the non-Muslims felt very safe under them

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