This exploding of how jihadi rhetoric hijacks the Quran is so beautiful and on point that I'm linking to it again.

The first and most important thing that this suggests to me is that militants do not represent, do not claim to represent and do not wish to represent ordinary Muslims. They call on the elite, not the common man, to fight in their 'holy' war. They're not interested in your Uncle Ahmad, who plays backgammon and watches football all weekend.  They want the people who are sure of their own superiority--so sure that they would respond to the words of a prophesy in the Qur'an itself. If this is not the picture of arrogance, I don't know what is.

Willow, it is an honor to know you. 

I really hope this article makes the rounds. This is a wonderful insistence by a regular believer standing up for the beauty of the Quran.