Terrorist couldn't understand the Quran

Religious extremism is at the root of terrorism and leads to violence such as the attacks in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, experts said as a Urumqi court delivered eight death sentences on Monday in connection with attacks in the region's capital.

A blast on April 30 at a railway station, along with a vehicle attack on May 22 at a market in Urumqi, killed 40 innocent people.

Of the 17 individuals on trial, eight were sentenced to death, five were given suspended death sentences, one received a life sentence, two received 10 years and one received five years.