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This is part four of my series, "Islam 101: \xa0Meet Your Muslim Neighbor." \xa0One of the ways to combat Islamophobia is to be clear about the differences between Muslims and violent psychopaths who use religion as a cover for their terrorism. \xa0\xa0Paul Kamolnick\xa0is a professor in the department of sociology and anthropology at East Tennessee State University. He specializes in Classical Social Theory, Contemporary Social Theory, Political Islam, Counterterrorism, and the Al Qua'ida and Islamic State Organizations. \xa0He writes monographs for the US Army War College.\xa0\xa0He published\xa0\xa0Delegitimizing Al-Qaeda: A Jihad-Realist Approach\xa0in 2012. \xa0His latest monograph will be available for free download in the Spring of 2016. It is entitled\xa0The Al-Qa'ida Organization and the Islamic State Organization: History, Doctrine, Modus Operandi, and the US Strategy to Permanently Defeat Terrorism in the Name of Sunni Islam. \xa0He lays out his case in part one of a two-part conversation.