Months ago, my relative, who studied in Germany and lives there, told me the following:
The Algerian who migrates to the West, whether legally or illegally, lacks a proper religious reference — one that is free from both extremism and rigidity.
When he settles there, he eventually marries and has children. Because he himself is ignorant of his faith and lacks a solid understanding of it, he cannot pass it on to his children.
As a result, the second and third generations grow up without any religious reference or compass. Groups like **ISIS** and **Al-Qaeda** then find a golden opportunity with this category of youth: they brainwash them and teach them a distorted version of Islam that permits the killing of innocent, unarmed people — the very locals who had welcomed their parents when they first migrated.
The result is terrorist crimes, like those France experienced in the **Bataclan concert hall attack**.
This negative psychological transformation, from spiritual emptiness to extremist religious hatred in these young expatriates, is an expression of deep anguish, loss, and the absence of spiritual, psychological, and emotional balance.
God Almighty did not create us to spread death.
The Messenger of Truth carried a message to spread Islam peacefully to non Muslims.
So why shouldn’t this expatriate be a living role model who inspires non-Muslims to embrace his faith?
This is difficult. Why?
Because the expatriate himself lacks a proper reference. At some point, he begins searching for something to believe in, and during this search, he comes across rigid and extremist interpretations of his religion. This turns him into a misfit in the host society.
Here in Berlin, whenever we hear someone shout, *“There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah,”* we panic — because the one shouting it is often about to stab someone with a knife.
Is it reasonable that our beautiful religion should be associated with murder and terrorism?
