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Originally Posted by Finallyfree
There is an organization in Orlando called The Islamic Center of Central Florida. They do presentations on what is and is not moderate Islamic beliefs. It can be very enlightening IF someone wants to learn. All Muslims pray 5 times a day and it does not have to be at a mosque. When in the Middle East we would see people pull off the highway to pray. The more knowledge we have the better to understand and deal with the extremists. Good luck in gaming real information and not just believing what our religious extremists say.
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Thanks for posting this. I Minored in Religious Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno. Also got BAs in History and Philosophy. My Medieval History Professor talked often about Jihad and it was a very powerful force in the spread of Islam by conquerors who used religion to gain territories and riches. Some Muslims are using the same approach now and added committing all kinds of atrocities as well. These are people corrupting certain ideas found in the Muslim religion. It does have those ideas of struggle but that means something quite different to most Muslims than it does to those who use violence for whatever end.