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  1. Woodrow LI

    How cold is it where you are?

    Over here in North Dakota, but not very far from Winnipeg a little on the cool side not cold yet was cold last week but we chased it over to Montreal Here is the warm spell Montreal can look forward to
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    How can other religions reconcile with Islam?

    Have to treat each of the 49 Muslim Majority nations separately. However about 3/4 of the worlds Muslims live in just 5 Nations, and are a minority in 2 of them Most of the world's Muslims can be found in: Indonesia Pakistan Bangladesh India China Only about 25% of the world's Muslims live...
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    How can other religions reconcile with Islam?

    Less than 1/4 of the world's Muslims live from Algeria to Afghanistan. Nearly all Muslims are Asiatic. there are more Chinese Muslims than Arab Muslims. The single most culture followed by Muslims would be Indonesian/Malaysian, there are more "USonians" than the total Muslims in the 6 smallest...
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    How can other religions reconcile with Islam?

    True the vast majority killed by terrorists have been Muslims. The terrorists are very much our enemy and their goal does seem to be to destroy Islam. I am still trying to figure out the word "Islamist" Islam is a verb and is the act of submitting to god. A person who does the act of Islam is...
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    How can other religions reconcile with Islam?

    True I was a Christian minister for most of my life and later as an atheist for about 20 years. But I have lived and traveled in the Muslim world and have never seen anything to identify as a universal Islamic culture. It is true I do not have the cultural traditions of many Muslims, but like...
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    I have issues with Islam

    I also express my sorrow for yesterdays murders in France and offer condolences for the families of the victims. But I see irony in Mahasn's post. Concerned about 6 million Muslims in France. During my child hood there were way more than 6 Million French in the Muslim Nations of North Africa...
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    I have issues with Islam

    Taqiyyah التقية is very much discouraged by Sunni. and is seen as something to be avoided.
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    How can other religions reconcile with Islam?

    What is Islamic culture? My culture as an American/Lithuanian? My wife's culture as a Native Northern Cheyenne? The culture of My friend in Minneapolis who is Somali? The culture of My son in law who is a Bengali from Pakistan? How about the culture of a very close friend in Fargo who is a...
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    How can other religions reconcile with Islam?

    Which raises some questions. Why does the media show the atrocities committed tby Muslims with so much fervor? Yet virtually ignores atrocities committed by Christians, Hindus Jews and others. The Druze have committed numerous atrocities in Iraq primarily by stoning women. but the only time...
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    How can other religions reconcile with Islam?

    As a Muslim I hope I am Identified by my actual actions and not by a presumption of what someone thinks a Muslim is. We are very diverse and come from a multitude of backgrounds, traditions, teachings and culture. Like all people we are individuals and represent only our self. We do carry a...
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    I have issues with Islam

    Another view of Lipka and perhaps a little insight into the Muslim presence in Europe and the UK for over 600 years. Yes the Lipka did fight against the Ottoman empire at the "Gates of Vienna" Poland's Lipka Tatars: A Model For Muslims In Europe?
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    I have issues with Islam

    Hard to tell if they ever attended any Mosque. typically we do not "belong to a Mosque" We simply go to the nearest Mosque when the Athan is called A Mosque does not do any preaching it is for prayer only. While an Islamic center usually has a Mosque in it they do often house a school and...
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    I have issues with Islam

    I just realized that the UK has a large Polish Population. As some Poles are "Lietuva Lipkas" (Polish/Lithuanian Tatars) and are Muslim, I looked for some Tatar organizations in the UK. found some, the largest seems to be: http://tatar.org.uk/en/category/history/ Do you recall ever having any...
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    I have issues with Islam

    I suspect it is different from what is seen in the UK
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    I have issues with Islam

    I think first there has to be some understanding of terms A Mullah is a Shi'ite tile for an Shi'ite lawyer and is a political appointment in Iran A Mufti is roughly a Sunni equivalent but is a politically appointed lawyer in Saudi. I think Pakistan is now doing the same. An Imam is supposed to...
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    I have issues with Islam

    One thing I find different here in the USA is the Muslims here are more diverse and are intermingled with Muslims that have Family roots here dating back Hundreds of years. for example my wife's family is Native American and has Islamic roots dating at least back to the early Syrian fur Traders...
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    I have issues with Islam

    I watched it a few times. I found it very similar to what we have here. The oldest Mosque in the USA is located in Ross North Dakota. Basically only one family attends it as they are the only Muslims within 200 miles of it. There are about 8 remaining members of the family which has maintained...
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    I have issues with Islam

    Each Mosque is individual with no physical or organizational ties to any other. Within each Mosque each person is individual as there is no membership like one finds in churches. Although typically those in a Mosque live in the same neighborhood.
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    I have issues with Islam

    Boon-dock is American slang. It refers to regions that are essentially unpopulated. Sort like the Australian out back. North Dakota actually both Dakotas are considered boondocks. North Dakota in Area is about 71,000 square miles and a poulation of about 700,000 with nearly half the population...
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    I have issues with Islam

    Being out in the boon docks of North Dakota I really am not familiar with anyone that could be considered an influential Muslim. being the only male Muslim in Lamoure County North Dakota I guess I could say I am the most influential male Muslim in Lamoure county. But it sure isn't a very loud...
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