“Islam is a religion of love. My brother was killed by terrorists, by false Muslims.”

These were the words of Malek Merabet, the brother of the policeman who was shot in the Charlie Hebdo attack. He is right. But his point raises another question that doesn’t get the attention it deserves: How did Islam come to the point where charismatic firebrands like Djamel Beghal — who radicalized two of the Paris terrorists — are seen as authoritative by the vulnerable?

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