It is so tempting for Americans to want to believe that there are peaceful muslims out there... but I would trust this guy and his group as much as I would the ‘moderate’ muslim who started an outreach program in Upstate NY - and then beheaded his wife.
>>>”The Jihadists are merely devout muslims practicing their faith.”<<<
Yes!
If they are true practicing muslims, their faith dictates that the words of Allah revealed in the Koran thru the angel Gabriel to Mohammad, the actions of prophet Mohammad, and the words/actions of any other notable source of Islamic emulation e.g. Imams or Caliphs, must supersede any thing else.
The emphasis is very much on “the Ummah” (a Universal Muslim Community or Community of believers) instead of distinct countries (with specific/distinct borders) as we know them in the West.
Btw, they don’t need to be tagged as “Jihadists”. There are many other ‘category’ of muslims who do believe in ‘the Ummah’, although the methods of getting there may not be as violent as the so-called Jihadists.