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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5744870" data-attributes="member: 24302">What you guys don&#039;t get is like the Christian world there are people who are born into it who ultimately when they&#039;re grown they are only nominally Muslims.&nbsp; They don&#039;t really believe it.&nbsp; I think a lot of Muslims immigrated to the U.S. because they don&#039;t want to live under strict Sharia law.&nbsp; And there are plenty who do want to adhere to their beliefs and want to push that in countries they move to.&nbsp; But they aren&#039;t all in lock step.&nbsp; When Hamas got elected into power in 2006 they got about 60% of the vote.&nbsp; That means about 40% didn&#039;t want them.&nbsp; Everyone familiar with Islam know about the Sunnis and Shia.&nbsp; But there are other large sects.&nbsp; In Malaysia for example they practice an offshoot of Sunni called Shafi&#039;i.&nbsp; It&#039;s considered a much gentler form of Islam.&nbsp; That doesn&#039;t mean it&#039;s all peaches and cream and there are extremists there who identify with Arab extremists.&nbsp; But by and large most people there are peaceful.&nbsp; Remember that they long ago got conquered by Muslim armies.&nbsp; They weren&#039;t the ones doing the conquering.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 5744870, member: 24302"] What you guys don't get is like the Christian world there are people who are born into it who ultimately when they're grown they are only nominally Muslims. They don't really believe it. I think a lot of Muslims immigrated to the U.S. because they don't want to live under strict Sharia law. And there are plenty who do want to adhere to their beliefs and want to push that in countries they move to. But they aren't all in lock step. When Hamas got elected into power in 2006 they got about 60% of the vote. That means about 40% didn't want them. Everyone familiar with Islam know about the Sunnis and Shia. But there are other large sects. In Malaysia for example they practice an offshoot of Sunni called Shafi'i. It's considered a much gentler form of Islam. That doesn't mean it's all peaches and cream and there are extremists there who identify with Arab extremists. But by and large most people there are peaceful. Remember that they long ago got conquered by Muslim armies. They weren't the ones doing the conquering. [/QUOTE]

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