Moderate Muslims; some people say they're the majority, others say they don't exist. Politiekman takes a look at the facts to find out if moderate Muslims are fact or fiction.
This is episode two of Politiekman's series on Islam in the West. Watch the first episode "Islam; an introduction" here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRXaMGj3UF8
Thanks for watching!
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Sources:
A Qur'an in many languages can be found at: http://www.quran.com
Bukhari's Hadith can be found in English and Arabic at: http://sunnah.com/bukhari
Sahih Muslim's Hadith (in English) can be downloaded as a pdf here: http://d1.islamhouse.com/data/en/ih_books/single/en_Sahih_Muslim.pdf
Ibn Ishaq's take on the Sira can be found in English here: https://archive.org/stream/TheLifeOfMohammedGuillaume/The_Life_Of_Mohammed_Guillaume#page/n11/mode/2up
Number of Muslims: http://www.pewforum.org/2011/01/27/the-future-of-the-global-muslim-population/
Muslim opinions:
Middle Eastern Muslims: http://www.pewglobal.org/2014/07/01/concerns-about-islamic-extremism-on-the-rise-in-middle-east/
British Muslims: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/many-british-muslims-put-islam-first/
European Muslims: http://www.pewglobal.org/2006/07/06/muslims-in-europe-economic-worries-top-concerns-about-religious-and-cultural-identity/
Worldwide Muslims: http://www.pewforum.org/2013/04/30/the-worlds-muslims-religion-politics-society-overview/
US Muslims: http://www.pewresearch.org/files/old-assets/pdf/muslim-americans.pdf#page=60
British Muslims: http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2005/07/more-survey-research-from-a-british-islamist
British Muslims: http://www.icmunlimited.com/polls/icm-muslims-survey-for-channel-4/
Abdeslam hid in Molenbeek: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/19/captured-paris-attacks-suspect-abdeslam-hid-in-belgiums-molenbeek.html
Moderate Muslims with pork, blackjack and booze:
Moderate Islam, by Bill Warner, PhD,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OogwK5fRHI
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Credits:
Intro:
Average Funk Band by texasradiofish
(c) 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license.
http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/texasradiofish/53814 Ft: Admiral Bob
Outro:
Dance Macabre performed by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Image 5 pillars of Islam:
By Xxedcxx - Own work,
CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32019673
Image Recep Erdogan: http://www.islamandkiwis.com/
Image Qur'an:
By Sajetpa - Own work,
CC-BY-SA-3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
Image Hadith:
By Imam Khairul Annas - Own work,
CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28494842
Image Prayer:
By Antonio Melina/Agência Brasil - Agência Brasil by Antonio Melina/Agência Brasil. 01.Dec.2003 as 11605.jpg, from where it was downloaded, cropped, and resized by Hajor.,
CC BY 3.0 br, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=171458
Image Pilgrimage (Hajj):
A packed house
by Al Jazeera English
cc-by-sa-2.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en
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