Khan said this because Muslim leaders have told parents to keep their children out of school in protest against the changed status of Jammu and Kashmir. But in this he echoes the received view of the entire elite political and media class worldwide. Everyone in any position of power or influence worldwide, with very, very few exceptions, has decided that Islam is a religion of peace that has nothing whatsoever to do with terrorism. 36,000 jihad terror attacks since 9/11, all carried out in the name of Islam and in accord with its teachings, have not dissuaded them. But eventually Islam’s nature will be clear to everyone.

“What terrorists are following is “definitely not Islam”: J&K Guv Advisor Farooq Khan,” OneIndia, September 15, 2019: