Columbus Muslims react to deadly ISIS attacks in Paris

"The Islamic state for Iraq and Syria, it grew out of the after effects of the problem of in Iraq, in terms of after the U.S. forces pretty much downsized there", said Dr. Fred Gordon with Columbus State University.

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Oshkosh condemns the ISIS attacks in Paris that killed 132 people "as an attack on humanity", the group said in a statement over the weekend. Even though those Islamists claim to subscribe to Islam, the majority of Muslims are not Islamists.

"You an say they're the lowest of the low, but they're not Muslim".

For instance, just a day before the Paris attacks, more than 40 people were killed in a double suicide bombing in Beirut, Lebanon.

A MUSLIM has launched into an expletive-laden tirade against ISIS terrorists and those trying to impose Sharia law on the West. Is it us westerners, against them, all of Islam, or is it us, moderates of all religions, against them, radicals of all religions? We're not talking about women in the Muslim world, we're using two or three examples to justify a generalisation.

The security threat after the Paris terror attacks is having an impact on local Muslims who say their religion is being hijacked.

He said western countries have become targets because they intervene and try to counteract ISIS.

"This is not what Muslims believe, this is not what Muslims practice".

The Islamic Center for Japan, a Tokyo-based nonprofit organization for Muslims, said that insufficient coverage of conflicts in the Middle East by Japanese media may have caused confusion among people in Japan. So far, they have not received any calls or calls in response to the Paris attack, but Muslims are being vigilant. "We must not allow hatred, warmongering and terrorism to destroy them for us and our descendants".

Abdul Aziz, 49, a community worker from Renfrew, said: "I was absolutely sickened as I watched the events in Paris". Please realise Islam is a religion of peace.

"Any action that harms innocent civilians is reprehensible and deserves condemnation", said Nausheena Hussain, deputy director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Minnesota. "'I'm a Muslim, ' he said nearly as a confession, 'and this is not what I was taught as a child, '" Hanlon recounted.