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should your really want to know the Quran, then do yourself a favour and pick up the Quran. Then ask a muslim on their take on what it means, look at it from a muslim viewpoint as well as a non muslim viewpoint. read books from both sides ofthe story, because any text can be interoreted to mean just about anything you want it to depending on what you REALLY want to believe. i'm sure mr churchill had his beliefs skewed by his times and his lack of knowledge of islam, its sciences and its laws.
those that read the Quran literally and knitpick are doing nothing better than binladen himself who's literal intretation of the Quran is skewed in the other direction.
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Thanks for implying that I dont know much about the Quran. In fact Middle Eastern Studies is my major, and Islamic History is my specialization. I've spoken with Sheiks, muslim professors, and more than my share of Talims. I know the various schools of law and interpretations, and Kathir is not the one you should research for he is not predominant in the regions in which terrorism origionates. If you want to look up religous interpreters, Hanafi or Maliki are predominant.
While there will be undoubtably one or two people point out the difference between Islamic Law and Interpretation, they are all-encompassing. And unfortunately for that, only those Sheiks or Imams who study said law can create fatwas (or decrees) so they are extremely influcenced. Neither of these schools have come out strongly against terrorism, in fact more of their Imams in the regions openly support it.