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Also, Osama and his bros don't exactly manipulate the Quran to their liking. A more accurate description would be that they cherry pick the parts they like. To say otherwise is giving Islam too much credit.
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From
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
"Zawahiri also alienated many of his remaining followers, who were alarmed both by the death of innocents and by the use of suicide bombers....In responding to these objections, Zawahiri created the theoretical framework to justify the...al-Qaeda attacks that followed."
Furthermore, "There is no theological support for such action [suicide] in Islam; indeed, it is expressly prohibited...Zawahiri had to overcome this profound taboo...The only example he could point to in Islamic tradition was that of a group Muslims, early in the history of the faith, who were captured by 'idolaters' and forced to choose between recanting their religion or being killed by their captors. They chose to become martyrs to their beliefs....With such sophistry, Zawahiri reversed the language of the Prophet and opened the door to universal murder."
Sounds like manipulation bro.