Tarnishing the image of Islam

2014 ended in shock with the attack on a Peshawar School. There is no sign of peace yet in 2015 for the Muslim world. The latest attack in France followed the same path of violence. These acts are committed by those who use religion to justify violence.   To be honest, the terrorists' targets are not the non-Muslims alone; millions of Muslims are dying in countries like Pakistan, Iraq and Syria.
What they fail to understand is, in the name of glorifying Allah, they are actually tarnishing the image of Islam. Moreover, these are not acts of some misguided marginalised youths, rather these are the actions of a determined group of people who have their own interpretation of religion and are committed to implement it by force. And it is because of their actions that the Muslims in general are treated as constant threat to the people of other faiths across the world. The Muslim leaders should sit together and discuss possible solutions to the problem.