[SauronOfMordor]

However, my colleagues who are muslim feal completely different about the Koran. They are intraspective about their faith and view jihad as their own personal struggle.

Two questions for the "moderate Muslim":

1. You are in a building. A Muslim terrorist is about to kill a Hindu child. You have a gun in your pocket. Would you shoot the Muslim in order to save the Hindu child?
2. You hear two Muslim acquaintances making plans to bomb a Christian Church. Would you turn them in to the police?

If the answer to either one is "no" then they are "moderates" in the sense of not personally being willing to kill infidels, but being content to watch others do it for them

[baggadonuts]

First, I am not Muslim, I am Christian. I agree with your sentiment. Personally, I'd be blasting the stiffs with both barrels as would my friends, especially the Marine. Like them, I am an American and I believe in and support the Constitution with every ounce of my being.

Maybe Americans, who happen to be Muslim view things differently, I'm not sure. But what I do know is that these guys don't view their faith in the same way it has been described by the Muslim-bashers out there in the world.

Again, my point is that extremism in any religion is a problem. Though many may think peaceful muslim is an oxymoron, I know that it is not. If my buddies were extremists, I'd shoot them myself, but they simply look at Islam differently.