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This 3 page paper discusses two types of Muslims: extremists and moderates, and what might be done to find peace with the extremists and their views. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Two Different Types of Muslims Research Compiled for The Paper
Store, Inc. by K. Von Huben 12/2010 Please Introduction Ever since 9/11, Americans have been intrigued, appalled, angered, puzzled or upset
by Islam and its adherents. This paper briefly considers two types of Muslims: moderates and extremists; their similarities and differences; and how peace can be achieved with more extreme members
of the Islamic faith. Discussion Moderate Muslims are sometimes considered "secular" Muslims; Leonard says these Muslims are self-described as secular. There appear to be several reasons for this identification. First,
these Muslims dont want to be identified first and foremost by their religious affiliation (Leonard). An example is C.M. Naim, who is an "Indian American professor of Urdu and South
Asian studies at the University of Chicago" (Leonard 46). Naim, who is a naturalized American citizen, writes about the way he is "often viewed and treated as a representative of
a people, as an Indian, and more specifically, as an Indian Muslim" (Leonard 46). He would obviously prefer to be recognized for his work but the implication is that people
who dont know him well see him as representative of all Indian Muslims, a very unfair generalization. Naim discusses the various things that are meaningful to him and have gone
to make up his identity, including India, his native language, Indias "arts and architecture" and the many intertwined religions found in his native country (Leonard 46). Naim notes that the
religious institutions in this country built by immigrants who worship in these "Muslim mosques, Hindu temples and Sikh gurdwaras) are new, "without historical relationships to their localities or to each
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