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hrmjustin

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Sat Mar 28, 2015, 04:46 PM Mar 2015

ISIS Ideology Is Not True To Islam, And These Imams Are Fighting Back

Cavan Sieczkowski



Using a twisted version of Islam, the militant group Islamic State, or ISIS, has pushed online campaigns to attract youth to its bloody crusade in Syria and Iraq. Now a group of British imams and scholars is looking to "reclaim the Internet" with a new magazine aimed at shifting the conversation and spreading a message of truth.

Haqiqah, meaning "the truth" or "the reality" in Arabic, is a digital magazine created by Islamic scholars with the purpose of educating young people about the realities of extremism, according to its backers at Imams Online. The goal, they say, is to "drown out" the voices perpetuating violence.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/27/imam-isis-haqiqah-magazine_n_6956028.html?utm_hp_ref=religion

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