As the military and political battle against the Islamic State escalates, Muslim imams and scholars in the West are fighting on another front \u201d\u201d through theology.<\/p>\n
Imam Suhaib Webb, a Muslim leader in Washington, has held live monthly video chats to refute the religious claims of the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL. In a dig at the extremists, he broadcast from ice cream parlors and called his talks \u201cISIS and ice cream.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
Sheikh Hamza Yusuf, an American Muslim scholar based in Berkeley, Calif., has pleaded with Muslims not to be deceived by the \u201cstupid young boys\u201d\u009d of the Islamic State. Millions have watched excerpts from his sermon titled \u201cThe Crisis of ISIS,\u201d\u009d in which he wept as he asked God not to blame other Muslims \u201cfor what these fools amongst us do.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n