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22 religion ever presented it in the past. It is only the teach- ing of Islam that stands above all others in relation to fulfilling the rights of others and establishing peace. If anyone who ascribes himself as Muslim, or any Islamic government or any other group formed in the name of Islam acts contrary to this teaching or carries out extrem- ist acts, then they are acting against the teaching of the Holy Qur’an. Islam has enjoined its followers to adhere to this teaching for all people and in all circumstances. A wrongful act committed in the name of Islam cannot stand as an argument to suggest that Islam permits a license to commit wrong acts. The critics of Islam, who consider themselves to be the standard-bearers of jus- tice and peace, should also be just when presenting their views. Those leaders or politicians of the West, who give statements that they cannot deny there to be some link between the teaching of Islam and extremism, do so owing to their lack of knowledge or simply because they are unjust in their views. They fail to recognise their own actions whereby under the pretence of jus- tice, they in fact completely obliterate it and perpetrate all kinds of injustices. I do not need to give my person- al opinion on this because their own writers have un- veiled the reality of their justice and establishing peace. An article, ‘The West’s Libyan Legacy’ by John Wight