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Perhaps I am being somewhat paranoid, but I have begun to wonder if these "non-violent, moderate" Muslims simply don't see the danger or are they just remaining silent, biding their time--waiting and multiplying, just as Tim has said. The question is how many are just "waiting?" Tim seems to feel that number is very large. He is in a position to know far better than I.

Tim continues:

"You infidels at this site cannot defeat us. We are 1.2 billion. We will double again. Do you have enough bullets to kill us? On the camera: We will always say, 'Islam is the religion of Peace.' We will say, 'Jihad is actually inner Jihad.' Moderate Muslim will say there is no link between Islam and Terrorism and the West will believe it because the West is so gullible. Moderate Muslim all over the world will incubate Jihadists by their talk by defending Islam. Using Western Legal system we will assert our Sharia Laws, slowly but surely. We will increase in number. We will double again."

The conversations I have had over the past few weeks bear out Tim's warning that moderate Muslims swear there is no link between Islam and terrorists. In fact, the first words of those who write to me are usually, "Terrorists are not true Muslims" or "Terrorists are not practicing true Islam." When I point out the words in the Quran damning all "unbelievers" to hell and the very plain and clearly stated orders to "kill all unbelievers," I am told that I am taking the words "out of context."

Readers of the Quran may wonder how one can take out of context statements such as: "Allah will bestow a vast reward on those who fight in religious wars" or "Have no unbelieving friends. Kill the unbelievers wherever you find them." "Christians will be burned in the Fire" seems rather straightforward to me. Yet, the denials come every day. Then, when I question those that contact me, the outrage follows. It has all become quite predictable.

Non-Muslims must understand the definition of "unbeliever." In Islamic terms, it does not mean someone who does not believe in God. Unbeliever means anyone who does not believe and strictly follow the laws of Islam and Allah.

I am told that it is I that is full of hate and that I hate Muslims. Americans hate Muslims and that is why we hunt them down and kill them all over the world. "War is ordained by Allah" and "When you fight with disbelievers, do not retreat. Those who do will go to hell," it is argued, are not words of hate driving Muslims to kill. No, those words are "misunderstood" and twisted by those of us just don't understand the peace and love that is true Islam.

"Christians hate Muslims!" I am constantly told. Don't I realize that Jews are the root of all things evil in the world? Israel has waged war on poor Muslims and Arab states for over 50 years. America is just the "slave" of Israel and we do their bidding. The world's only super-power is a puppet of the tiny Jewish state. Many Muslims tell me this and they absolutely believe it.

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