[mudblood]

Actions DO speak louder than words, I agree. I call into question the definition of a "true follower" of any religion. There are plenty of true christians that think catholics are evil baby eaters, and Mormons crackpot inbreeders. The shiites (sp?) and the sunis are blowing each other up right now; if you ask either side if a member of the other side is a true follower, I suspect you'd get a fair number of "no" answers. Considering how there's no supreme head of the Islamic faith (at least, I don't think there is) this is understandable. There's also no such head for the Christians. The KKK follows a wacky hodge-podge of christianity too, and I'm sure they consider themselves the only true christians. I think its a lot easier not to worry too much about the distinctions people make about who's "true" or not, and as you said, focus on their actions. If you see someone burning an American flag while shooting an ak-47 in the air, I say kill them, muslim or not.

[Lady Heron]

There are plenty of true christians that think catholics are evil baby eaters, and Mormons crackpot inbreeders

There are very set definition set out in the Bible that defines who is and who is not a Christian. Protestants protest many practices in the Catholic church that does not make Catholics non-Christian. The same is true for all religions there is a deffinition of what it takes to follow the religion. The KKK and Mormans are denounced as not Christian by every mainline Christian church there is they do not meet the deffinition and you can find much written on the subject as to why. You either follow the fundamentals of the religions or you don't and thus get defined, not very hard thing to determine.

I have several friends that are lapsed muslims. They still call themselves muslim (there is a death sentence hanging over their head if the religion is renounced) but they do not in the least practice it or participate in it. They are muslim in name only.