For any here who don't know about Mark Alexander's site, I want to point out that his site has some excellent insights.
Mark Alexander lived and worked in the Middle East for many years. His recent collection of essays on Islam might be a good source for many.
From Mark's web site, here is a snippet from one of his recent articles:
"Islam is a religion like no other, and for many reasons. One reason is that it is rare in any religion for ‘clerics’ to call for people to take up arms against others. Indeed, religion, as we understand religion to be, should be the very opposite of this: Religion should call for people to love one another, to tolerate one another’s frailties and weaknesses, to bring compassion into the world, something which is sadly lacking, and it should be merciful. In short, religion should bring harmony where there is discord, love where there is hatred."
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