But that is hardly the point. It is certainly true that most Muslims are not terrorists. At Bondi Beach in Sydney, this was evident in the heroic acts of Ahmed al-Ahmed, a fruit vendor originally from Syria, who tackled one of the shooters and wrestled his gun from him. But it is also true that many terrorists today not only claim to be Muslims, but to be “original” Muslims, Salafis, genuine, true, “pure” Muslims. Those claims are not just a problem for Islam, but for all of us.







