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To: Jim Robinson

Moderate Muslims are only moderately Muslim.

Real Islam doesn’t recognize someone as only partly Muslim either...and according to the professors I’ve heard lecture on this subject, there simply is no dividing line between radical Jihadists and your average “moderate” Muslim, its just a matter of how seriously they are following their religion.


27 posted on 11/20/2015 8:23:53 PM PST by AnalogReigns (Real life is ANALOG...)
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To: AnalogReigns
there simply is no dividing line between radical Jihadists and your average “moderate” Muslim, its just a matter of how seriously they are following their religion.

Even a nominal Muslim, who was born into the religion but does not believe in it and does not follow the rituals, is still counted as a Muslim and is added into the pool of "peaceful" adherents. But in reality that person is not religious at all and should not be counted. This technique creates a significant error when the entire population of a country is counted as Muslim, even though only a much smaller number cares about Islam and chooses to dedicate some resources to it (even if it's just their own time.)

38 posted on 11/20/2015 9:12:08 PM PST by Greysard
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To: AnalogReigns

What people think of “moderate” Muslims are actually cultural Muslims, who basically go through the motions, but don’t believe anything about the religion although they may observe certain Islamic customs, likel “Cultural Jews” who are pretty much atheists.


50 posted on 11/20/2015 10:57:13 PM PST by dfwgator
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