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This paper serves as a guide to Islam for those in the West, who are assumed to have only a limited understanding of this religion and its people. According to the paper, knowledge of these subjects important today in the current political climate. The paper further notes that the current climate is one of distrust on both sides along with clear misunderstandings and lack of knowledge of the other on both sides. The paper also considers the statement that Islam does not understand us either, and has a distorted view of what we represent. The paper concludes by stating that this lack of knowledge can be deadly.

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"Most people in the West have only a limited understanding of Islam and its people, and yet a knowledge of these subjects is more important than ever in the current political climate. That climate is one of distrust on both sides along with clear misunderstandings and lack of knowledge of the other on both sides. With an increase in terrorist attacks directed at the West, it has been noted by many that Islam does not understand us and only has a distorted view of what we represent, but in truth, we have only a distorted view of Islam at the same time. This lack of knowledge can be deadly and is not simply a failure on the part of the average citizen to..."

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