Kabeer Faye acknowledges that while many believe Islam is a violent religion, the Islam she knows and embraces is a religion of mercy and compassion.

VOA: standard.2010.05.21

Morou said President Obama insists that the world end the mistrust that exists between different cultures and religionsin the world American Christians should stop mistrusting Islam as a religion and should not confuse the extremism of some terrorists with the real Islam.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

The Taliban are hard-core militants who have no respect for either the religion of Islam or humanity.

BBC: Pakistanis 'united against the Taliban'

He said men who were grooming children and "profess to be following the religion of Islam" were really doing "exactly the opposite".

BBC: Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra of the Muslim Council of Britain

It is vital to understand that we're not just fighting an organization Al-Qaida, but we are up against a broader ideology, a politicized theology, quite separate from the religion of Islam that has fueled this war.

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