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I have read the Qu'ran, and am unfamiliar with the bit that says "unless a person is a believer in Allah and a follower of the Qu'ran, then they are an unbeliever and must be killed." Muhammed taught respect for other monotheistic religions, such as Christianity and Judaism. It is extremist interpretations on both sides which put the " Qu'ran says muslims must kill everyone" slant on things I tend to find. Muslims did not proclaim war on us. A very small extremist subsection of their religion attacked the west on september 11th. To say "this is islam" is even more uneducated an assertion than announcing "Christians declared a holy war on Britain, when the IRA attacked in the 80s/90s. All Christians are therefore bad and must suffer! Let's get 'em guys!" Which must piss off Muslims, because a lot of uneducated Westerners really do see September 11th that way. Have you read the Kite Runner? Sounds silly but that helped me understand that only a very small percentage of Islam/Afghanis/Pakistanis agree with what small extremist groups are perptrating in their name. x
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