One CIA estimate puts ISIS' total manpower at 31,500 or
roughly 0.0019% of the world's total Muslim population when rounding down to
1.6 billion.
Muslims from around the world are making it clear ISIS does not
represent their values. In a YouTube video, a Moroccan man expressed his
condolences to the victims, saying, "These so-called jihadists only
represent themselves."
In the UK, leader of the Muslim Council of Great Britain Dr
Shuja Shafi, condemned the attacks “in the strongest possible terms,” labelling
them “horrific and abhorrent”. Iran's Supreme Leader Hassan Rouhani denounced
the attacks. In an official statement he called the attacks a “crime against
humanity.” Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary general of the Lebanese
resistance movement Hezbollah, has condemned the deadly terror attacks. Joko
"Jokowi" Widodo, the president of Indonesia, the largest Muslim
country on earth, roundly condemned the attacks. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait,
Qatar and Egypt have all condemned the attacks, (though it should be noted, the
unelected rulers who run the Saudi Kingdom and Qatar have routinely funded and
armed jihadists in Syria.) The largest Muslim group in the United States, CAIR,
quickly condemned the attacks, insisting, "These savage and despicable
attacks on civilians, whether they occur in Paris, Beirut or any other city,
are outrageous and without justification." The US Council of Muslim
Organizations released a statement also condemning the attack.
After the attacks on the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris
earlier this year, numerous mosques around the world were attacked. The recent
Paris terror attack may spawn another wave of anti-Muslim violence.
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