Is there such a thing as "moderate" Islamics, and if so, what defines them?
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They don't read their Q'uran\nIf they read their Q'uran they'd be just as hostile and volatile as the terrorists who blindly follow their religious heretics who actually read, believe, follow and promote the Islamic/Muslim way of Muhammed.\n\nMuhammed was no better than Sadam Hussein, who out of intolerance, killed his own countrymen when they disagreed with him.
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Before the advent of Islam, there was a small group of people, who called themselves the followers of "Deen-e-Haneef", which was basically a monotheistic creed, ascribing to the belief of "one God" and adhering to the monotheistic practices of the Abrahamic tradition (these practices included: Sala'h (prayer), Sawm (fasting), Hajj (pilgrimage), Tawaaf (circumambulation of the Ka`bah), Ai`tikaaf (confinement to the mosque for concentrated worship) etc.). The Prophet (pbuh), it is generally believed, ascribed to this group. However, there is hardly any authentic information available on this topic in the books of history. Nevertheless, it should be remembered that the Qur'an has clearly stated that before the initiation of revelation, the Prophet (pbuh) was not fully aware of the details of faith and belief and neither of the divine laws (Al-Shooraa 42: 52).\n\n\nEDIT: At least i gave my source..! I didn't want to summarize all that, sorry.
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There is nothing in the Koran nor mainstream doctrines of Islam that supports or condones any terrorist acts.  Suicide bombers are merely weak-minded pawns of manipulative people who use an Islam-esque facade to mask their own twisted agendas.  To associate Islam with such acts would be similar to associating mainstream Christianity with nut-jobs like David Koresh or associating Americans with Ted Bundy.
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I'm reluctant to say all Muslims are guilty. I wonder though about where their heart is. We hear talk about how moderate Muslims reject extremism, violence in the name of religion, etc. But I've never seen much from moderate Muslims when it comes to stopping extremism. How many times have you seen Muslims drag one of their own out of a mosque, by the hair of their head, for preaching hate? I have never seen it. How many times have you heard of moderate Muslims expressing outright hatred for those who would kill innocents? I have not heard it. I suspect, with absolutely no proof, that many moderate Muslims wish for their more radical brothers in Islam to win the war on terror.
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Technically, fundamentalists exist in all religions. \n\nIt simply means those who consider themselves as getting back to basics (the fundamentals) of their religion.\n\nTolerance of others -- very individual and depends on each person.  There is no way to attach tolerance or intolerance to such a broad spectrum of persons.
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extreme islamics are the ones who like to kill but the peaceful islamics are wonderful.It is like here in the U.S you have catholics,Baptist,Atheists,see they are diffrent.This is an on going unstoppable beliefs.
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As for Jews or Muslims (and both should be caps btw) I dont like&#92;dislike them or anyone else because of a blanket judgement by society of them, their faith, race or ethnic trait.  As for "Muslims" in particular.... I do think the moderate Muslims (If any such persons exist) are letting the foaming at the mouth militant radicals do their faith a great diservice by not DAILY loudly and publicly condemming the current atrocity being commited by the militant Islamists in the name of their religion.  I say daily because, check the news, an opportunity does present itself at least once daily.  So, having said that, my opinion of the radical extremist mutation of Muslims that claim to have a mandate from Allah to kill anyone not accepting "the prophet" is they make a strong case for drowning at birth and I would gladly take my turn at the creek bank.  More bluntly, I laugh like all HELL everytime I hear on the news about one of their ball bearing and nail packed bombs going off pre-maturely and blowing the butchering morons up.
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Most of them are 'Twelvers.' They are the dominant Shiite faction in Iran and Iraq. The others factions exist but are not a force to reckon with.\nThey are known as 'Twelvers' as they believe in the return of the twelvth imam, or Imam Mahdi as he is known. They believe he entered a well and is still alive in a state of occultation. He will return during the end times and rule the world in its final days just before the day of judgement.
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I think the entire muslim faith must be distinguished from Islamic Fundamentalism, which is as it's name implies is much more fundamentalist in nature. \n\nUnfortunately, I think there are a large number of Islamic fundamentalists who condone the actions of terrorists.\n\nMercifully Islamic Fundamentalism is the credo of only a small percentage of those of the Muslim faith.
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It is rather involved.  They deal with different schools of thought on Islamic law and are related to different geographic areas.  The article below offers a good explanantion.
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There is no way for democracy to exist in a religiously centered regime.  The religious regime will require that certain rules have to be followed no matter how much the people may oppose those rules.  Since the people can't reverse the religious rules, there isn't a democracy.  I would doubt that democracy can really thrive in arab nations as long as they are Islamic regimes.
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As I understand it islam states that the 'infidel' shall meet their fate at the hands of allah after death. The encouragement of violence towards them is a relatively recent thing created by extremist elements who have broken away from true islam. If islam is correct, then it is these extremists who will be judged most harshly by their god for choosing not to disbelieve, but to change the teachings of the koran to suit their own twisted desires.
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Muslims: too many extremists without boundaries, too few mainstream moderates to condemn the extremists.  Killing in the name of religion?  you are a bonehead moonlight, what you are talking about is demanding that no one criticize or poke fun at one of your icons unless they want to be killed.  That is outrageous!
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EVEN IN DAILY LIFE DO AS A MUSLIM IS SUPPOSED TO DO:\n\nWE ARE SUPPOSED TO CALL PEOPLE TOWARDS  GOOD AND STOP FROM EVIL. THAT STOPPING DOESN`T HAVE TO BE VIOLENT.
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Actually, some of the earliest fully democratic societies (including female involvement and free speech) were in Islamic countries back in the 13th century.\n\nMost Muslims do not believe in excluding non-muslims. After all the Quran clearly states that jews and christians must be treated exactly the same as muslims because they all worship the same god.\n\nThe actions of a very tiny minority of jihadists (who let's face it aren't real muslims because they believe in things opposite to what is laid down in the Quran (veiling, murder, oppression of women etc)) should not be used to define all members of a religion. You wouldn't say all Christians were murdering crackpots based on the actions of the Spanish Inquisition or the American Christian right wing whould you?
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Islam (notice I didn't say "radical" islam-the religion itself is radical).
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Muslims are fine. I think, like any religion. It is the extremist that have interpreted the religion incorrectly that concern me. Which most Muslims will tell you they are concerned about people who are like that also.