A Muslim is a person who follows the religion of Islam, a Muslim extremist is the same but chooses to follow the religion based on their own terms. To understand what exactly a Muslim extremist might partake in, you need to get a basic understanding of what an average Muslim believes are the right principles and attitudes towards Islamic life. Comparing and contrasting an average Muslim to a Muslim extremist will give a detailed and broader understanding on the issue. A Muslim is one who believes in the god Allah and commits their life to the guidance revealed by Allah, the teachings that guide a Muslim is holy book called the Quran and the teacher of the principles is Mohammed the Prophet of Allah. A basic teaching or the main principle of Islam is to accept the will of god. Islam translates to peace and so all actions, beliefs, attitudes must have peaceful intent. An average Muslim might show their faith and commitment to the will of god by practicing certain teachings such as praying five times a day, fasting once a month, paying zakat (charity) treating everyone equally regardless of religion or faith, and supporting the idea that no Muslims have superiority over non-Muslim, nor does a non-Muslim have the same right. However a Muslim extremist is also a practitioner of Islamic faith, but they twist and bend principles and go to the extremes to achieve goals and beliefs on their own terms. Extremism is broad and complex issue because it can be defined as activities, beliefs, attitudes, feelings, actions of a character or group. It is very hard to label activities, people and groups as extreme because something is only wrong if you believe it to be. The judgments and conclusions I will draw are based on information held against activities considered normal by an average Muslim. Basically the beliefs of a Muslim Extremist in the 21st century are based on attitudes rather principles, attitudes of their own interpretation from the holy book of the Quran. The actions that Muslim extremists take are based on feelings or their own attitude towards something. Muslim Extremists are very much holy and are strong believers in the will of god and hence why they go beyond Islamic teachings to fulfil their goal or jihad. This includes extreme acts like taking the lives of others for the sake of Islam, converting non-Muslims through extreme measures, and also restricting other people's freedom such as women, forcing them to live a life under strict pointless rules and laws. This is ironic because Islam translates to peace or the will of god; that is clearly not the will of god nor is it peaceful, there is no justification in Islam to pull a trigger and take someone's life. Even if they do bring a so called peace about, it is a false sense of peace created by fear and violence. The sense of peace they achieve instils a negative attitude towards human life. Giving a belief that human life is not important, or the belief that they can do as they please if they believe they are following their jihad and bringing about ˜peace'. Yet it clearly states in the Quran that all Muslims should be treated equally, man or woman, non-Muslim included and using violence or putting others into a tough situation is not promoting the will of god or Islamic principles in its proper manor. They are disregarding the true principles taught by the Quran and twisting principles for their own good. The jihad they follow (which broadly translates to struggle) is misusing the word for its true meaning. It is also shameful towards other Muslims who follow a jihad. The ˜strugg