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I'm Arthur Kent.
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The terrorist attacks that day focused America's attention on the Islamic world.
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Some Americans first reaction was to regard all Muslims as enemies.
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But it was clear to most that they had to make a distinction between one of the
world's great
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religions and the fanatics who had taken it to a violent extreme
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in this program.
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We'll take a close look at the history and beliefs of Islam,
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its former empires and how it has evolved to become the religion it is today.
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Join us now as the history channel presents inside Islam
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among
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it is a sound heard around the world five times a day.
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A simple verse in Arabic,
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summoning the faithful to prayer,
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calling them to Islam.
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The word Islam means submission.
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Submission is considered the straight path to God.
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What this means is that our will,
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all human beings' wills is subjugated to the will of God.
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That is what submission means accordingly.
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A Muslim is one who submits to God.
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Everything revolves around God,
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everything we have all of our thoughts,
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ideas,
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our soul,
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our body revolves around God.
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God is the center of life.
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The Arabic words Islam and Muslim share as their source.
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A more ancient word common to Hebrew and other related languages.
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The word that we greet each other with is uh
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in Hebrew,
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Shalom male,
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which means peace unto you.
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In Arabic.
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It's exactly the same as Salamu Alaikum.
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And I think that's very important because Islam itself,
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the very name Islam comes from a root which means peace.
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But many in the West today would never associate peace with Islam.
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To them.
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Islam appears to be a hostile religion that gives sanction to violence
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and terrorism.
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After September 11th,
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it is very difficult to talk of Islam as a.
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