Not at all, I’m saying although group A (the jihadists) claim they are “the true expression of Islam as it is written”, there is also a non-empty group B, who also claim themselves to be Muslim, who hold that the jihadists aren’t in fact the true expression of Islam. That’s their claim, not something I foisted on them. And it’s the second group B of whom I asked, who elected you to speak for them?

Look, I’m perfectly aware that your typical Wahhabist or Khomeinist does not regard the majority of people in, say, Baku or Priština who self-identify as Muslim to be “real Muslims”.

What I don’t get is why you agree with them. Would you be similarly privilege the intellectual heirs of Richard Butler or Rushdoony with getting to define who a “real Christian” is?