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IS ISLAM A VIOLENT RELIGION? 42 involved in terrorism do not practice their faith regularly. Many lack religious literacy and could… be regarded as religious novices. ” 37 This observation was proven right just a few years later when two would-be British extremists were arrested on their way to Syria carrying the books, Islam for Dummies and The Koran for Dummies. 38 Similarly, in 2015, Didier François, a released prisoner of ISIS, told CNN that his captors were obsessed with politics and did not even keep a copy of the Holy Quran. 39 Former senior FBI agent Ali Soufan revealed that when he interrogated members of Al-Qaeda he quickly learned that they were wholly politically motivated and knew very little about Islam and the Holy Quran. Salah Abdeslam who helped plot the attacks in Paris in November 2015 reportedly visited homosexual bars, drank alcohol, was involved in petty crimes and took drugs 40 – all of which is strictly forbidden in Islam. To assert that these people are true representatives of Islam is wildly fantastical. A more recent piece of evidence was given by the German author, politician and former judge, Jurgen