In a 36-page manifesto published in the Huffington Post, he even argues, “The Holy Koran forbids us to use force as a means of converting” and reaching “truth and reality never comes by muscles and force but by using the mind and wisdom.”

“Don’t believe the media that the mujahedeen believe that Islam spread in the past and will prevail in the future with the sword,” he adds…

“Do not believe those who claim that the mujahedeen fight infidels to turn them to Islam or that we are fighting you because you practice democracy, freedom or claim that you uphold human rights,” he says.

Instead, he claims the group is waging jihad on the United States in retaliation for attacking and oppressing Muslims and supporting Israel.

He also blames the media and various intelligence services for misleading people.