The militants leverage symbols from three sources -- the Qur'an, the holy book of Islam; the hadith, or sayings and traditions of the prophet Muhammad; and historical fatwas, or Islamic rulings ...

Islamic leaders said they saw justice in killing bin Laden and emphasized that he was not one of their own. “There are people who say he is ‘our’ [Muslim] symbol, but for the vast majority ...

With 190 million people, Indonesia is the world’s most populous Muslim country — but its religious culture is far more tolerant and humane than that of Saudi Arabia and many other Muslim lands.