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I understand that not all Muslims are extremists. While their religion says they should be...
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This may be a bit of a false understanding of Muslim teachings. Many Muslim holy scholars do not interpret the Koran as speciying a "required" waging of "holy war" in the military sense. This is a common misconception among many Christians and much held by some Christians who might also be called "extremists". One of the lessons I learned in Catholic shool (of all places) was the Muslim faith was
not out ot "get Christians" and most Muslims did not support the extremist views. School was where I first heard of the phrase "People of the Book" in reference to those of other faiths whose beliefs came from the Old and New Testaments. Here is an article on the subject from the websit OnIslam.net (I like to research and understand the facts before I question someone else's beliefs):
http://www.onislam.net/english/readi...the-quran.html
I know some people, even after reading the article will still maintain their notions, but I thought it might help to at least clarify some of the gray areas...
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