Should Islam be repected as a religion? Is Islam a religion? My personal answer to both questions is "No." Why? I believe that Islam as a whole is more political than it is religious. I feel that a religion should speak to the spiritual needs of man rather than the political demands of tyrants and their Gods.

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America's Traitors [163 words]	John Hammond	Feb 12, 2008 22:22
The Policy of Friends and Imagination. [201 words]	Jay	Jan 23, 2008 23:43
A President who's been left behind [284 words]	Roy Weinberg	Jan 20, 2008 11:49
↔ Not So Simple [87 words]	Blackspeare	Jan 21, 2008 11:06
↔ Blackspeare rewrites history [263 words]	Infidel	Jan 25, 2008 19:28
↔ Who Jumped What Gun? [259 words]	Sofa Sogood	Jan 27, 2008 16:09
Bush's Legacy [533 words]	Gil Bindelglas	Jan 18, 2008 20:31
↔ Bush's Legacy [94 words]	Infidel	Jan 19, 2008 21:38
↔ To Infidel [129 words]	Larry B.	Jan 20, 2008 20:23
↔ The world needs a strong USA [110 words]	Infidel	Jan 20, 2008 23:41
↔ Fighting terrorism [101 words]	Linda Haslam	Jan 24, 2008 11:17
Maybe there is a cultural determinism [235 words]	Peter Herz	Jan 18, 2008 11:51
↔ cultural diversity and cultural acceptance. [319 words]	Trans-parere	Jan 19, 2008 18:03
With such friends... [818 words]	Y brandstetter MD	Jan 18, 2008 04:53
↔ Corruption and ignorance [213 words]	Joe Kaffir	Jan 19, 2008 01:33
↔ Churchill no friend of the Jews [88 words]	Infidel	Jan 19, 2008 21:54
↔ Churchill: friend or foe [171 words]	Joe Kaffir	Jan 21, 2008 00:55
↔ Churchill: friend and foe [250 words]	Infidel	Jan 22, 2008 02:12
↔ Antisemitism-shmantishmemitism [198 words]	Peter Herz	Jan 23, 2008 07:38
↔ Israel's True Hope is in the Word of Her Eternal Sovereign. [545 words]	M. Tovey	Jan 23, 2008 13:30
Tragic [27 words]	Abu Nudnik	Jan 17, 2008 23:38
BUSH HAS LOST CONTROL OF HIS MIDEAST POLICY TO STATE DEPT ARABISTS [139 words]	G. Marcus	Jan 17, 2008 23:21
↔ PLO Phased Plan To Destroy Israel Documented - State Dept. Follows It [35 words]	Sofa Sogood	Jan 18, 2008 23:43
The middle east is complicated. [536 words]	David	Jan 17, 2008 21:01
Should islam be accorded the respect accorded to other religions? [335 words]	Hymie Zoltsveis	Jan 17, 2008 16:51
↔ How 'bout this one [84 words]	jennifer solis	Jan 18, 2008 00:33
↔ The respect islam craves [208 words]	Sean	Jan 18, 2008 15:56
↔ I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH YOU,HYMIE! [172 words]	TTS	Jan 18, 2008 21:18
↔ Hymie..TTS.. You get it right..Look at the Egyptian example..1400 years of persecution.. [265 words]	Egyptian Christian	Jan 20, 2008 07:16
↔ TO SURVIVE JIHAD ONSLAUGHT, WEST NEEDS TO REPEAL ISLAM'S 'RELIGION' STATUS [324 words]	G. Marcus	Jan 20, 2008 15:41
↔ islam guarantees.......... [77 words]	vijay	Jan 21, 2008 12:45
↔ ⇒ Respect for Islam [57 words]	Linda Haslam	Jan 24, 2008 11:29
↔ I wish that both of us were WRONG [985 words]	Hymie Zoltsveis	Jan 24, 2008 19:15
↔ To Linda, [109 words]	Larry B.	Feb 2, 2008 14:14
The specter of another Viet-Nam or ...The Continuing [22 words]	trans-parere	Jan 17, 2008 15:41
↔ A "democracy" is only as good or as bad as the people [257 words]	rick	Jan 21, 2008 16:02
↔ Rick [303 words]	Trans-parere	Jan 21, 2008 18:29
↔ Rick gets it exactly right -- on two vital points [100 words]	Charles Martel	Jan 22, 2008 11:22
↔ Islam, historically has been an enemy of diversity [527 words]	Rick	Jan 22, 2008 16:48
Support [116 words]	Shahid Kinnare	Jan 17, 2008 15:20
↔ Israel History [192 words]	Infidel	Jan 17, 2008 16:49
↔ Israel. [51 words]	Shahid Kinnare	Jan 17, 2008 18:31
↔ Muslims know Israel has ALWAYS belonged to Jews- Including muhamad.. [467 words]	Ynnatchkah	Jan 17, 2008 19:51
↔ Voting Does Not Make a Democracy -- Gov't by Sharia Law Can Never Be a Democracy -- Worse than Most Dictatorships [1733 words]	Sofa Sogood	Jan 17, 2008 21:54
↔ History of Muhammad and the Jews of Mecca [139 words]	Infidel	Jan 18, 2008 22:01
↔ Great comments, Infidel! It's time to be proactive, instead of reactive, to "Palestinian" propaganda. [316 words]	DrRJP	Jan 19, 2008 11:03
↔ Dictatorial Regime [73 words]	Shahid Kinnare	Jan 19, 2008 11:08
↔ Very Impressive- Infidel [11 words]	Ynnatchkah	Jan 19, 2008 16:47
↔ Us Support of Dictatorship [50 words]	Joe	Jan 21, 2008 19:47
↔ Why U.S. Sometimes Supports Dictatorial Regimes -- Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt [1879 words]	Sofa Sogood	Jan 22, 2008 16:09
↔ Dictator. [152 words]	Shahid Kinnare	Jan 22, 2008 21:15
↔ Jewish Right of Return ---to Mecca OR Why muslims MUST be forced to DIVIDE MECCA [119 words]	Hymie Zoltsveis	Jan 25, 2008 01:51
↔ Dictatorship or Militant Theocracy [184 words]	Joe	Jan 25, 2008 03:30
↔ Blaming the U.S. is Too Easy [285 words]	Sofa Sogood	Jan 25, 2008 23:35
↔ Muslim world [150 words]	Shahid Kinnare	Jan 27, 2008 23:46
↔ Support for Dictatorship Means Security [121 words]	Joe	Jan 30, 2008 12:31
↔ General Musharraf [89 words]	Shahid Kinnare	Jan 31, 2008 21:57
↔ Myanmar vs Pakistan [85 words]	Joe	Feb 3, 2008 15:49
Bush and Middle East [100 words]	Janusz Kowalik	Jan 17, 2008 14:49
↔ I agree and would add to your comment [397 words]	kid bertha	Jan 21, 2008 12:21
IFF Failure - Mis-identification of the Enemy [153 words]	M. Tovey	Jan 17, 2008 14:07
Daniel has converged toward my despair of Bush's incompetence [173 words]	Charles Martel	Jan 17, 2008 12:42
full- steam backwards [228 words]	Rebecca Moulds	Jan 17, 2008 12:13
Not everything is in the political arena [66 words]	David W. Lincoln	Jan 17, 2008 12:07
Pragmatism vs Principles [262 words]	Ralph C Whaley MD	Jan 17, 2008 11:17
↔ Iran is not the main enemy -- the Saudis are [86 words]	Charles Martel	Jan 18, 2008 13:06
Bush is moving towards strike three [339 words]	Rick	Jan 17, 2008 09:45
↔ Not to Worry [97 words]	Blackspeare	Jan 18, 2008 13:54
↔ Whatever Abbas does or does not do is meaningless [246 words]	Rick	Jan 21, 2008 12:44
Democracy [142 words]	Donald W. Bales	Jan 17, 2008 09:29
Bush's legacy: Sucking up to the Saudis and a stupid state department [369 words]	DrRJP	Jan 17, 2008 08:55
Bush's Middle East Hopes [1018 words]	Kim Segar	Jan 17, 2008 08:26
Seven years too late. [64 words]	Larry Shaw	Jan 17, 2008 08:23
THE RISE OF NUCLEAR IRAN [3645 words]	Bruce Sterling	Jan 17, 2008 07:58
Being politically correct [59 words]	Mick	Jan 17, 2008 06:10
Vote Keep America Alive [83 words]	Amil Imani	Jan 17, 2008 04:14
How come this proclivity to failure in the Middle East is not addressed by the checks and balances of the American political system? [126 words]	Mladen Andrijasevic	Jan 17, 2008 03:17
↔ US system clearly doesn't work as intended [86 words]	Charles Martel	Jan 18, 2008 13:35
↔ Yes, What is Preventing the Securing of the Borders? [62 words]	Sofa Sogood	Jan 18, 2008 22:13
↔ Some problems don't have palatable solutions and some questions don't have simple answers [128 words]	Sully	Jan 21, 2008 08:26
↔ The Israelis, quite naturally, want to live in peace. And so do the Palestinians. - This statement needs clarification. [300 words]	Mladen Andrijasevic	Jan 22, 2008 01:54
↔ What Evidence is there that Palestinians Want to Live in Peace? [167 words]	Sofa Sogood	Jan 22, 2008 15:07
↔ Mladen and Sofa - You have read more into my comment than I intended [64 words]	Sully	Jan 25, 2008 09:18
↔ Nothing was read in -- You said that Palestinians want peace. [319 words]	Sofa Sogood	Jan 25, 2008 23:15

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