By Selwyn Duke

Why did a huge German study of 45,000 immigrant youths find that while increasing religiosity among Christian youths made them less violent, increasing religiosity among Muslim youths actually made them more violent? Egyptian scholar Dr. Ahmed Abdu‘ Maher thinks he knows, and he’s been condemned and even sentenced to five years’ prison time (and then pardoned) for voicing his theory. But as with the Howard Beale character in 1976’s Network, Maher may now be saying, “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!” In fact, the reformer has just released a video in which he rebukes his critics and states that he does nothing but quote the books of the Islamic canon they hold so dear.

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