Sura 47:4<ref>http://al-quran.info/#&&sura=47&aya=4&trans=en-shakir&show=both,quran-uthmani&format=rows&ver=1.00</ref>
Sura 47:4<ref>http://al-quran.info/#&&sura=47&aya=4&trans=en-shakir&show=both,quran-uthmani&format=rows&ver=1.00</ref>
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== A City of Virtue ==
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It is quite true that, in the age of militant Islamic terrorism, it is not very helpful to tell millions of peaceful Muslims that their religion is inherently violent, evil, and oppressive.<ref>[http://reason.com/archives/2007/05/16/theocons-of-the-world-unite/1 Theocons of the World Unite]</ref> Moderate Muslims aspire for a society – a city of virtue—that will treat all people with dignity and respect.
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Today, the relationship between Islam and the rest is getting increasingly worse. Muslim militants are sowing seeds of poison and hatred between Muslims and the rest of humanity by committing egregious acts of violence in the name of Islam. In this precarious environment, it is important that everyone finds and nurtures the many wonderful examples of moderate Muslims one can still find.<ref name="mod">[http://www.ijtihad.org/moderatemuslims.htm Who are Moderate Muslims?]</ref>
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On January 9, 2010, a group of Canadian and U.S. Islamic leaders on Friday issued a ''[[fatwa]]'', or religious edict, declaring that an attack by extremists on the two countries would constitute an attack on the 10 million Muslims living in North America.<ref name="fatwa">[http://www.islamophobia.org/news.php Fatwa]</ref>