What do the hadiths and Sharia have to do with the Koran? They're tribal customs and religious opinions and policies invented by subsequent Islamic sects and power-mongers. Not that the Koran isn't ... enough on its own.

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Bulldozer Terrorists in Jerusalem ---Examples of Sudden Jihad Syndrome [53 words]	joe	Jul 25, 2008 13:02
jihadist Sirhan Bishara Sirhan (June '68) shot RFK for voting jets to Saudis [65 words]	Mike Smith M.A.	Mar 5, 2008 19:21
Just a remote social phenomenon that can happen in all oth situ [w/response] [117 words]	Marco Hiirata	Feb 14, 2008 00:07
I was a muslim. [161 words]	zari namdar	Feb 10, 2008 03:08
↔ Its not about religion... [346 words]	Marco Hiirata	Feb 14, 2008 00:29
When Taking a Child to the Park [187 words]	Ynnatchkah	Feb 3, 2008 00:50
sudden narrow-minded syndrome [w/response] [34 words]	Taj	Jan 25, 2008 03:29
↔ Suddenly (active) Muslim Syndrome [178 words]	Humanist	Feb 5, 2008 04:48
↔ better late than never [98 words]	Taj	Feb 6, 2008 19:37
↔ Unfortunately Muslim (or christian, or jew or hindu or whatever) [215 words]	Humanist	Feb 11, 2008 06:32
↔ Devout = devoted to what? [48 words]	Brian H	Feb 11, 2008 16:15
↔ The Bible - The Koran [382 words]	Susan Browne	Feb 12, 2008 14:17
↔ yup, it's little... [39 words]	Taj	Feb 14, 2008 22:26
↔ sudden-bad-grades-syndrome... [130 words]	Taj	Feb 14, 2008 22:47
↔ Distortion by Proportion [120 words]	Brian H	Feb 17, 2008 23:33
↔ Devoutly adhering to Islam??? [215 words]	humanist	Feb 18, 2008 10:29
↔ ⇒ Koran + + [37 words]	Brian H	Feb 18, 2008 17:00
↔ bad vision [109 words]	Taj	Feb 21, 2008 17:23
↔ one left field to another... [121 words]	Taj	Feb 21, 2008 20:23
↔ In the middle of center [155 words]	humanist	Feb 25, 2008 05:02
↔ close, yet... [259 words]	Taj	Feb 26, 2008 04:58
Historic case of "sudden jihad syndrome" [55 words]	Alan in Kansas	Jan 19, 2008 02:40
↔ Sirhan- Sirhan was a Christian. [72 words]	Ynnatchkah	Jan 23, 2008 12:16
This applies to everybody [223 words]	Blane Burns	Jan 18, 2008 12:32
Muslim Personality Disorder [124 words]	donvan	Jan 17, 2008 12:55
↔ All of them have it !! [55 words]	Jaladhi	Jan 18, 2008 09:49
↔ Sweeping generalizations by the OBSES-ed [153 words]	Addo Eijlsum	Mar 19, 2008 09:27
↔ Sudden jihad syndrome has it's roots in teachings of Quran!!! [304 words]	Jaladhi	Mar 27, 2008 13:36
↔ It's utter nonsense to ignore the various unholy bases of Muslims' SJS [169 words]	Addo Eijlsum	Mar 31, 2008 07:31
UC Irvine-Letter to campus Newspaper [494 words]	gary fouse	Jan 15, 2008 20:05
New phenomenon? [98 words]	John Coffin	Jan 10, 2008 19:31
What is it about Islam .... [44 words]	Nuke99	Jan 9, 2008 11:37
↔ On the other hand what's wrong with us .... [88 words]	Jaladhi	Jan 9, 2008 17:18
↔ The Peacefulness of All Religions [57 words]	Brian H	Feb 11, 2008 22:53
Your estimate is modest [92 words]	Archimedes2	Jan 8, 2008 20:19
THE STAKES ARE LIFE AND DEATH [622 words]	Geno M.	Jan 7, 2008 19:36
Offended Muslim Syndrome & Self-Help Support Groups [232 words]	Red Square	Jan 7, 2008 16:20
Is Islam a Religion of Peace? [1487 words]	gary fouse	Jan 6, 2008 22:32
↔ The Peaces of Islam [88 words]	Brian H	Feb 3, 2008 21:32
↔ Evidence of Muslim violence [122 words]	Ralph	Jul 24, 2009 16:56
IT'S TIME TO FOLLOW THE LEAD OF SAUDI ARABIA [421 words]	Geno M.	Jan 6, 2008 14:42
↔ Lead, follow, or get out of the way [332 words]	PDM	Jan 6, 2008 21:28
↔ Even benign Moslems can have terrorist children [92 words]	Charles Martel	Jan 7, 2008 11:12
↔ About what you wrote [305 words]	Ynnatchkah	Jan 7, 2008 15:12
Sudden Jihad Syndrome & "Mental Doctor" Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) [302 words]	Ynnatchkah	Jan 6, 2008 10:18
↔ Elizabeth Becton [117 words]	Wade A	Jun 20, 2009 05:35

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