knowing islam 39 years
Reader comment on item: Stealth Islamist: Khaled Abou El Fadl

Submitted by G.Vishvas (India), Mar 5, 2008 at 22:30

A muslim thinks you know about islam only if you accept islam's grand-and-mendacious claims about itself and agree to submit yourself under their absolutist dictates. This is how every fascist ideology functions.

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A thorough analysis of islamic claims and doctrines reveals no real difference between the islamist and the "ordinary" muslim. The kuran clearly calls a muslim a munafik (hypocrite) if he fails to enthusiastically join every form of jihad (including the one that terrorises non-muslims and kills ex-muslims)

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