On Nov. 13, 2015, a series of coordinated attacks took place in Paris, France, killing 130 victims. Following the attacks, The Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) released a video claiming responsibility for the attack that took place, and warning that this attack was "just the beginning." Paris was not the only attack on innocents by ISIS. In fact, in November alone, attacks have been made on Bangledesh, Egypt, and Lebanon, bringing the total death count for the month to over 178. But it was indeed the attacks in Paris that brought the world to their feet, and a debate that has raged in the United States for decades was fired up once again:

Are Muslims to be trusted?

Let me answer this very simply: yes.

But why? Why should we trust a group of people that follow the faith of Islam while there is a terrorist group aligning themselves with the same faith that are killing innocent people all around the world? Well, it's quite simple really: it is ignorant and unreasonable to blame an entire following of a certain theology for the actions of a (comparably) small group of extremists.

Islam is the world's second largest religion, with an estimated following of over 1.6 billion -- 23 percent of the world's population. That is a massive number of people. Massive. Some of the highest estimates for the number of militants involved in the terrorists group ISIS peak up to nearly 200,000, and that 200,000 (considering it is even the true number) is a whopping 0.01 percent of the total population of worldwide Muslims. Less than 1 percent -- in fact, less than half a percent of this religious group -- is believed to be involved with this terrorist group. Yet people across the United States have made the decision to crucify this population, regardless of their involvement -- or i suppose lack thereof -- with ISIS. Images like the following are plastered across the Internet on almost every platform of social media:

This sort of mindless hatred leads to the bullying, harassing, and even killing of innocent Muslims all around the world, because it attempts to justify the unjustifiable. There is absolutely no excuse for the spread of hatred and the calls for "action" against an innocent group of people. For some reason, many have forgotten the atrocities that have occurred in the past, in which entire theologies were not held responsible. Let's revisit some of those:

-- The arson, lynching, murder, rape, and destruction of property done in the name of Christianity and white supremacy by the Ku Klux Klan.

-- The bank robberies and believed connection with the Oklahoma City bombing carried out by the Aryan Republican Army, a Christian and white supremacist group.

-- The kidnapping, bombing, and faked anthrax attacks carried out by the Christian terrorist, anti-abortion group The Army of God.

Are we starting to see a trend? Somehow Christianity has managed to remain off the hook for the actions of extremist groups acting in its name. These examples were not all that can be found, and I highly encourage all Christians that believe the religion to be squeaky clean to do a bit of research on Christian terrorism, past and present.

Do we need examples that are a bit clearer? How about the choice to not blame every German for the tragedies carried out by Adolf Hitler? Or a bit more close to home, the choice to not blame every U.S. police officer for the killings of innocent black men and women all over the country? Of course, these examples are not those that regard theologies, but they hold the same premise: it is not logical to blame the whole for the actions of the few.

I am angry, and I am disgusted at the pointless actions of ISIS. The group no doubt has to be stopped, and these mindless killings must come to an end. Do you know who else believes this? Muslims. When interviewed by CBS news, Imam Mohamed Magid, leader of one of the largest Mosques in the country, said about the attacks by ISIS: "This is not what Islam teaches. This is against all the teachings of Islam." Muslims around the world have presented the hashtag: #NotInMyName to express their anger at the actions of ISIS and express that they are not in favor of extremism.

To fight terrorism, all people must stand together and destroy those who would otherwise seek to destroy us. This is not something that we can accomplish while we are wasting our time blindly blaming those who are clearly innocent. It is time to stand with all people, especially Muslims, and defeat ISIS.