'Nothing to do with Islam' - '...I don't mean to pose a snarky rhetorical question here. The problem is that every time there's an incident involving an American caught up in Islamic terrorism, there is a chorus of denial that the terrorism has anything to do with Islam -- to the point where even the phrase "Islamic terrorism" has become taboo. OK, I would be the first to say that most Muslims do not subscribe to or sympathize with terrorism, or radical Islam, nor are they ever likely to become jihadis. But what I cannot understand is how that negates any religious motivation on the part of Islamic terrorists. Is the idea that they are not "true Muslims" or isn't it? If they are not Muslims, then what are they? Religious impostors? That would be fine with me, except I don't see it happening. I think that at the very least, they are members of radical religious cults. LaRose belonged to the Al-Qaeda branch. Don't "true" Muslims condemn these cults out of hand, as true Christians would condemn radical "Christian" groups which murder abortion providers?...'