Chattanooga Shooter Researched Religious Justification For Violence: Official

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42. i don't think anyone is saying that

Obviously most Muslims - the vast majority - are not terrorists.

But this man blogged a message that "life is short and bitter" and that people should beware of worldly (non-heavenly) attachments. Then he went online looking for God's permission to kill people. Then he went out and killed people.

Islam 101:

Like Christianity, Islam proclaims that life on earth is short, and a person should live only for God and keep a firm eye on earning a place in heaven.

Muslims, like Catholics, believe in judgment after death, followed by either eternal hellfire or eternal fleshly delights in jannah (heaven).

Muslims believe suicide is a great sin.

Fighting enemies of Islam (the "lesser jihad&quot and dying a martyr's death is a ticket to jannah no matter what one has done before. This is said several times in the Quran and (more importantly) it is a widespread belief among everyday Muslims today. The big dispute that separates a terrorist from an average Muslim is over this question: who constitutes an enemy of Islam deserving of jihad?

Many Muslims accept suicide if it accompanies martyrdom - for example, in the ubiquitous suicide bombings. (This is controversial - lots of Muslim leaders say suicide is never okay even if conducted for jihad. But lots of others, obviously, preach that the jihad part makes the suicide part totally okay.)

He was a self-professed religious man who looked to his God for permission to kill, and got it. To say his religion had nothing to do with his murders, one must bend over backward.