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Dr. Paul Alexander's avatar

it is important what you said 'jihadist/Islamists'...I have many hard working decent muslim colleagues, associates, etc. good people, law abiding. it is important we distinguish radicalization from mainstream good people. It is different. akin to how in any peoples, ethnicities, religions, there are sick twisted extremists. the issue is not to learn more but to ensure people who seek to kill you do not live among you, whomever they are

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DUANE HAYES's avatar

It's peculiar however that the Qur'an mandates Jihad, murder, torture, rape as acts of "mainstream good Muslims" , the Qur'an doesn't consider this violence as radical, or twisted extremist. Yet we all know peaceful and productive Muslims. They, however are far removed from what their holy book demands that they do.

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AwakeNotWoke's avatar

The Torah mandates these things too. I realize you spend a lot of time in your mosque studying the Qur'an but I'm sure you are aware that Sufi moslems don't take these verses literally.

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DUANE HAYES's avatar

Then the Sufi must disregard 90% of their Qur'an

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