""Religion" is a nearly useless term. It's a term like "sports". Now there are sports like and sports like , and they have almost nothing in common apart from breathing. There are sports that are just synonymous with the risk of physical injury or even death … There is, I'm happy to say, a religion of peace in this world, but it's not Islam. The claim that Islam is a religion of peace that we hear ceaselessly reiterated is completely delusional. Now Jainism actually is a religion of peace. The core principle of Jainism is non-violence. Gandhi got his non-violence from the Jains. The crazier you get as a Jain, the less we have to worry about you. Jain extremists are paralysed by their pacifism. Jain extremists can't take their eyes off the ground when they walk lest they step on an ant... Needless to say they are vegetarian. So the problem is not , because extremism is not a problem if your core beliefs are truly non-violent. The problem isn't . We often hear this said; these are euphemisms... The only problem with Islamic fundamentalism are the fundamentals of Islam."
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Sam Harris, Lecture at the First Congregational Church of Berkeley (November 10, 2010)
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