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" 'Jihad' can mean holy war to extremists, but it means struggle to the average Muslim. "

Feisal Abdul Rauf

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" I felt just overwhelmed by input: the Vietnam war and the collapse of the '60s and the proliferation of media' it just felt like everything was too much to handle and you just tuned out. "

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" I think a lot of Americans have never been all that hungry. They've never had war on their shore, and they've never suffered the way other cultures have suffered. I'm not saying we should go suffer. Not at all. I'm saying we should be more aware of how other cultures exist. "

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" God says in the Quran that there is only one true religion, God's religion. It's the same theme that God revealed to all of the prophets, even before Muhammad. "

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" This war is like an actress who is getting old. It is less and less photogenic and more and more dangerous. "