True Islamic faith is opposed to terrorism A former teacher of mechanical engineering students explains why acts of terrorism are anathema to the true Muslim faith and why press labels like 'Islamic extremism' are threatening community cohesion

From: Express & Echo (Exeter UK) | Date: July 7, 2007 | Copyright information

A former teacher of mechanical engineering students explains why acts of terrorism are anathema to the true Muslim faith and why press labels like 'Islamic extremism' are threatening community cohesion

Up until two years ago, I was teaching thermodynamics and fluid mechanics to mechanical engineering students at Coventry University.

I took early retirement after 25 years of teaching at about the same time as the London terrorist outrage of July 7, 2005.

That crime violated...

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