WORLD VIEW : Donald Trump’s mistaken view of Islam

US president elect Donald Trump.

What you need to know:

  • Even though the secular-minded President Bashar al-Assad appears to be winning the civil war in Syria the Islamists will sit on his tail.
  • Violent-inclined Islamists point to the Koran and the Hadith to justify their violence. Indeed, there are sentences in both that are close to their interpretation.