“We try to live lives of peace and harmony within ourselves and with our neighbors.”
Abdul-Jabbar — also a best-selling author who was in London promoting a pair of new books including a fictional work about Sherlock Holmes’ brother — was speaking a week after brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi killed 12 people at the French satirical magazine.
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“I’d just like to see a better understanding by the media as to what Islam is all about as opposed to what the terrorists say it’s about,” he continued. “I think that is the key issue here. Once those things get cleared up, I think we can make some progress.”
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