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| − | Those who believe in [[Islam]], which means "submission to Allah." The number of muslims is currently about 1.4 billion, making it the second largest religion in the world after Christianity. Most incidents of [[terrorism]] today are linked to Islam. They are generally motivated by the "sixth pillar of Islam," which endorses ''jihad'' or "holy war" as a way of serving their god.[http://www.islam-watch.org/SherKhan/SixPillars.htm]
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| − | Islamic propaganda promoting suicide bombing based on the sixth pillar is a fairly recent development, dating to the bombing of the US Marine barracks in Beirut in 1983.
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| − | Much earlier in history--in fact, from the very start of the religion--Muslims have been violently working to expand their religion. Muslims under [[Mohammed]] spread Islam by invading mush of Africa and later encroaching into Europe.
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