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Muslims

There are many other expressions of Islamic faith and even divisions among Sunnis
and Shi¡¯is, so to speak of Muslims as Sunni or Shi¡¯i would be akin to speaking of
Christians as Roman Catholic or Baptist, forgetting that there are other denominations
as well as sharp divisions within the Roman Catholic and Baptist faiths. Furthermore,
there are Muslim groups unique to the United States; later we will focus on the
largest one¡ªIslam among African Americans.
Verses in the Qur¡¯an prescribe to Muslims jihad or struggle against the enemies of
Allah. Typically, this is taken by Muslims to refer to their internal struggle for spiritual
purity. Today, a very visible minority of Muslims in the world see this as a pretext to
carry out an armed struggle against what they view as the enemies of the Palestinians
such as Israel and the United States. Such interpretations, even if held by a few, cannot
be dismissed because Islam is a faith without an established hierarchy;......


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