Appraisal by mainstream American publications focused on '' The Study Quran '' 's capacity to counter extreme or fundamentalist interpretations of Islam . A report by CNN entitled “ Could this Quran curb extremism ? ” placed the work in the context of the recent Paris attacks , emphasising that the book refutes the extremist interpretations of the Quran by ISIS and other groups . Similarly , an article in The Daily Beast presented '' The Study Quran '' as a “ challenge ” to the ultra-conservative Salafi scholars who “ have monopolized English-language Muslim resources ”
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