Authorities probing background of Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old Texas native and former US serviceman
Muslim scholars have widely rejected the extremist positions IS or those who sympathize with the terrorist group have with respect to the religion, saying Islam teaches mercy and peace as well as the importance of justice.
Alluding to reports that Shamsud-Din Jabbar had previously faced accusations of engaging in some of the behavior he condemns in the recordings, including drunk-driving and spousal abuse, a statement from the Council on American-Islamic Relations on Thursday said:
His crime is the latest example of why cruel, merciless, bottom-feeding extremist groups have been rejected by the overwhelming majority of the Muslim world – from Islamic scholars, to mosques, to organizations and to individual Muslims.
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