Killing For Allah; The Incident In Bohol, Philippines With Abu Sayyaf

       People are killing in the name of Islam.The latest episode of murder sanctioned by religion involved a man from the island of Bohol in the Philippines that converted to Islam. After converting, one news article reported, he lived in Saudi Arabia and the South Mindanao region of the Philippines where he married a Muslim woman. He became involved with a violent Islamist organization based in the southern Mindanao region of the Philippines, Abu Sayyaf. The man from Bohol led his Abu Sayyaf compatriots far from their strongholds in southern Mindanao to the distant island of Bohol, hoping to take captives. People taken captive by Abu Sayyaf often end up beheaded.
        Details about what unfolded can easily be found on the internet, as it all took place recently.
        What led  the man from Bohol, who was killed by Filipino forces, to lead terrorists back to the peaceful island he grew up in, and to betray his family and all the people of that island? What led this man to believe that a religious duty to murder and kidnap superseded everything decent that there is in this world? What led a police woman to throw away her family and career in an attempt to help the terrorists during this incident?
         There are people that believe it is a duty or acceptable to murder in the name of Islam.There are people that are murdering and killing in the name of Islam. Pretending this does not exist, or ignoring, excusing or failing to ask why it exists is not only cowardly, but also suicidal.