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I know the meaning of Jihad (جهاد) but I'm not going to give it away so early. People will be so surprised, well some, to find it's real meaning. ALL people, not just Muslims, go through Jihads each day.

As for Pakistan, I love Pakistan...I would say it's a little dangerous, but I also think ALL countries are a little dangerous. Given the choice between walking around Atlanta at night, or walking around in Pakistan at night (with Mahrams) I think I would choose Pakistan. It's not the everyday Pakistani;s I'm scared of, it's the terrorists who flood down from Afghanistan. But when I do go to Pakistan, insha Allah, I'll be closer to the Indian board, in Bahawulpar (Punjab)

No, we're not terrorists. But there are some ignorant people who still think so. This guy on youtube used to openly hate Muslims! He was very militant against them. Until he began to meet some via Youtube, and it turned out we werent so bad. Now he makes PRO-Islam videos, learned Arabic, read the Qur'an...He's still a Christian, but Masha Allah, he's so supportive and kind. His videos blow me away.

I think Islam has it's extremists, just like any other religion. You can find just as many horrible people who are Christians or what-have-you. Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups are on the extreme end of the spectrum just like Westboro Baptist Church is on the extreme end of the Christian spectrum. It would be ridiculous to judge all Christians based on those fools, just like it's ridiculous to judge all Muslims based on terrorist groups. Likewise, Islam also has a lot of great people that do wonderful things for society; you just don't hear about them because, let's face it, if you put a black dot on a piece of paper people's eyes will be drawn to that black dot no matter how much white is surrounding it.

Indeed. They certainly aren't following the Bible or Quran the way it was meant to be, no matter what vehicle they use for their propaganda and terrorism.

Yes,exactly.All the Muslims are being graded on the basis of these "so called Muslims",due to which all the Muslims are degraded and treated as a wild animal.What do you suppose its solution is..?

That's what I thought; that's it's an inner battle to improve yourself and to struggle to be devoted to/attain the principles of Islam.

I guess some of the extremists took the "improve yourself" idea and expanded it to "improve yourself by improving others", and then decided to say "I can improve myself by improving others by violent force."