article_snippet: So far, Mohammed Ashraf Ghani told a joint meeting of Congress, 'Afghanistan's people have rejected the allure of violent Islam.
article_snippet: Mohammed Ashraf Ghani urged people in 'Muslim majority countries' to challenge Islamist terrorism 'from within the religion.' '
article_snippet: The heart of the issue remains who is entitled to speak for Islam,' Mohammed Ashraf Ghani told a packed House chamber at the US Capitolthe US Capitol. '
article_snippet: Leaders, intellectuals, and those many millions of Muslims who believe that Islam is a religion of tolerance and virtue must find Leaders, intellectuals, and those many millions of Muslims who believe that Islam is a religion of tolerance and virtue voice.'
article_snippet: Mohammed Ashraf Ghani insisted that 'Islam is a religion of peace,' and praised the Muslim world for the Muslim world 'gloriously tolerant and inquisitive past.'
article_snippet: Mohammed Ashraf Ghani speech came against the backdrop of a spreading Islamist radicalism that has helped ISIS – which Mohammed Ashraf Ghani referred to by His speech native name '
article_snippet: With the bitter exception of the aberrant Taliban regime, Afghan Islam has traditionally been inclusive and reflective, not violent and angry,' Ghani said. '
highlights_snippet: Key to defeating the terrorists, Mohammed Ashraf Ghani said, is making it clear that the terrorists don't speak for all of Islam .
  