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in response to reader comment: Hope or hijack???

Submitted by PDM (United States), Mar 30, 2008 at 07:44

And islam will become a footnote in the cesspool of history right next to Nazism, Communism and the Imperial Japanese. Enjoy your tantrum!

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Basra Father Brutally Murders Teen Daughter -- Then Congratulated By Police [41 words]GWKMay 12, 2008 11:24
Be nice to America or we WILL bring democracy to your country [297 words]PDMApr 12, 2008 18:46
what we are left with.... [197 words]donvanApr 9, 2008 13:23
↔ absolutely illegal [161 words]Donald OApr 11, 2008 20:51
↔ very little hope.. [82 words]donvanApr 14, 2008 10:25
↔ No Flowers In The Weed Garden Of Islam [497 words]Geno M.Apr 20, 2008 16:44
↔ Christianity vs. Islam [113 words]MareeMay 2, 2008 08:53
Once Again [137 words]Dennis DuBoisApr 3, 2008 10:35
↔ Amen [13 words]PDMApr 3, 2008 19:40
↔ Mythical Moderate Muslim!!! [177 words]JaladhiApr 3, 2008 21:39
↔ Jaladhi, a very good article [49 words]InfidelApr 5, 2008 00:54
↔ Infidel... [60 words]JaladhiApr 7, 2008 15:12
Israel is finished [89 words]StephanopolosApr 2, 2008 10:37
↔ "Israel is finished." Funny...isn't that what Nebuchadnezzar and Hadrian said? [32 words]DrRJPApr 2, 2008 23:16
↔ RE: Dr RJP [23 words]StephanopolosApr 4, 2008 09:27
↔ Memo to Stephanopolos: Quit obsessing about Ben Gurion. He is not the God of Israel [416 words]DrRJPApr 5, 2008 11:17
Moderate Muslims [427 words]SafrazMar 31, 2008 22:46
↔ In answer to Safraz [139 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 2, 2009 02:38
↔ I agree to some extent ... [135 words]OliverOct 15, 2009 18:47
↔ To Oliver [193 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 17, 2009 11:10
↔ To Oliver [630 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 19, 2009 16:24
↔ By his stripes we are healed ... [1719 words]OliverOct 24, 2009 16:58
↔ OLIVER WHAT ARE YOU DOING!??? [1020 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 26, 2009 01:54
↔ You reap what you sow ... [123 words]OliverNov 3, 2009 19:59
↔ Again to Oliver [195 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiNov 5, 2009 02:16
Islam is not to blame [415 words]SafrazMar 31, 2008 17:54
↔ There's a reason India's Muslims aren't "radicalized"- it's not democracy [91 words]jennifer solisApr 1, 2008 01:25
↔ Islam is not to blame, says Safraz [604 words]ThiaganApr 1, 2008 22:48
↔ Re: Islam is not to blame [185 words]SafrazApr 1, 2008 23:12
↔ Don't be Apologetic!! change your tone Sarfaraz!!! [357 words]MansoorApr 2, 2008 05:54
↔ islam in India is as Hate Mongering as in Other Places [338 words]SinghaApr 2, 2008 22:21
↔ Reply to Thiagan [286 words]SafrazApr 2, 2008 22:57
↔ Safraz, Islam is to blame [310 words]InfidelApr 2, 2008 23:01
↔ Mustafa Kemal Cut islam down to Size, Being Radical and Being Islamic Do Go Together [150 words]SinghaApr 3, 2008 21:49
↔ Islam is totally at blame - Safraz!!! [448 words]JaladhiApr 3, 2008 22:30
↔ Islam and Islamism [147 words]ThiaganApr 4, 2008 02:48
↔ Our dear Mansoor will be issuing a fatwa against our dear Safraz. More popcorn please [566 words]dhimmi no moreApr 6, 2008 08:22
↔ nice to hear a sane voice.. [156 words]BRApr 10, 2008 00:05
↔ have a cigar [77 words]Donald OApr 11, 2008 21:31
↔ Islam Indeed is the First Cause of Violence. [75 words]SinghaApr 19, 2008 03:47
↔ think again [183 words]asmaFeb 4, 2009 14:51
↔ Faith and religion [147 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 2, 2009 02:53
↔ so Mansoor is at it again hey?? [65 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 2, 2009 03:02
↔ Safraz I agree with you [484 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 2, 2009 17:19
↔ The greatest proplem for Muslims [87 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 2, 2009 17:36
"What are you going to do, kill them all?? Funny...isn't that the policy of "radical Islam?" [54 words]DrRJPMar 30, 2008 20:32
↔ RJP ,True! [70 words]spaApr 2, 2008 01:21
↔ Don't give up! [91 words]JorgeApr 2, 2008 10:12
Islam v.islamism [74 words]charles martelMar 30, 2008 15:06
Read about Islam then speak [110 words]emyMar 30, 2008 06:20
↔ I believe you ... [155 words]OliverMar 31, 2008 12:31
↔ Good Nazis [165 words]PDMMar 31, 2008 18:20
↔ I wonder why, emy! [139 words]BAApr 1, 2008 00:31
↔ Reply to Oliver [227 words]SafrazApr 2, 2008 23:29
↔ well..... [411 words]emyApr 3, 2008 06:24
↔ Well ... What? [520 words]OliverApr 4, 2008 15:18
↔ There is no god but YHVH. [265 words]OliverApr 4, 2008 16:08
↔ Safraz's error [353 words]jennifer solisApr 5, 2008 02:17
↔ Islamic delusions [634 words]dhimmi no moreApr 6, 2008 07:53
↔ Reply to Jennifer Solis [267 words]SafrazApr 7, 2008 10:48
↔ Safraz explains the complexity of the "Glorious Qur'an" [107 words]InfidelApr 8, 2008 13:20
↔ Cool it Emy [248 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 2, 2009 21:23
↔ Islam is what people make of it like any religion [23 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 2, 2009 21:26
↔ Modern Radical Islam had Nazi Roots [19 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 2, 2009 21:29
↔ Again I agree with Safraz [106 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 2, 2009 21:53
↔ I came here to find a peaceful resolution if that is at all possible [380 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 2, 2009 23:49
↔ It is not JIHAD, it's IJTIHAD There is a difference [57 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 2, 2009 23:55
↔ But that"s the problem isn't it? [231 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 3, 2009 00:28
↔ All religions are not alike ... [133 words]OliverOct 14, 2009 19:05
↔ uuuhhh [140 words]OliverOct 18, 2009 10:53
↔ On the Tetragramaton and other formulations [405 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiNov 10, 2009 23:41
↔ ahem ... it's YHWH not HaShem ... [1149 words]OliverNov 14, 2009 12:10
↔ Oliver... it will get you nowhere [485 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiNov 14, 2009 23:54
Islam is not what you thnk [486 words]ExhorteroneMar 28, 2008 12:51
↔ Islam is not what you think [95 words]Gary RiceMar 29, 2008 08:35
↔ Action is needed (non-violent of course - which is opposite the teaching of islam) [185 words]PDMMar 29, 2008 08:52
↔ The Faith of Abraham [250 words]Mariann EvansMar 29, 2008 09:17
↔ For Mariann Evans [151 words]jennifer solisMar 30, 2008 00:05
↔ I wish you Christians would stop [394 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 3, 2009 01:10
↔ As a Christian I cannot stop ... [384 words]OliverOct 18, 2009 00:21
↔ To Oliver [485 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 19, 2009 13:20
↔ All praise be to YHWH - my Rock - and my Saviour [1246 words]OliverOct 24, 2009 19:04
↔ OLIVER AGAIN! [778 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 26, 2009 04:04
On Hitchens and Dawkins [88 words]Peter HerzMar 28, 2008 09:20
Folly of Using a Non Existing Construct called Moderate islam, What Option Do We Have? [1208 words]SinghaMar 27, 2008 13:07
↔ Well ... I prefer the 'Spanish Game' ... [41 words]OliverMar 31, 2008 14:27
↔ The Difficulty of Imposting Reciprocal Solution on Muslims [329 words]SinghaMar 31, 2008 23:18
↔ singha - westerners will not be able to resisit Islam [109 words]spaApr 2, 2008 02:04
↔ The Spanish Game Plan [66 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 3, 2009 01:31
↔ Mr. Seamus - you are very 'touchy' ... [123 words]OliverOct 14, 2009 18:38
↔ I believe I have a sound reason for being 'Touchy" [330 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 15, 2009 19:10
↔ My apologies – once again … [435 words]OliverOct 17, 2009 22:33
↔ Oliver, A hand of friendship is always welcome [615 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 19, 2009 09:59
↔ My hand is still extended ... [1277 words]OliverOct 24, 2009 15:20
↔ Oliver YOU ARE WRONG! [183 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 25, 2009 23:52
↔ NO NEED TO SHOUT - I HEAR YOU JUST FINE!!! [273 words]OliverNov 3, 2009 19:32
↔ Greek OR Hebrew? different languages and different meanings. [288 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiNov 5, 2009 02:45
How to save Muslims from Islam… [639 words]BAMar 26, 2008 23:10
↔ Thats good ...Leave Muslims alone!!! [301 words]MansoorMar 28, 2008 08:04
↔ Loved what you wrote about muslims, BA. [100 words]YnnatchkahMar 29, 2008 22:50
↔ Islam and Islamism [113 words]ThiaganApr 2, 2008 05:40
↔ Those Who will be Saved Will Be Saved - But Faith in the Truth is Required. [1092 words]M. ToveyApr 2, 2008 16:28
↔ Shame on You ... [196 words]MansoorApr 4, 2008 09:45
↔ Hindu violence [44 words]ThiaganApr 5, 2008 03:36
↔ Hindu violence [155 words]ThiaganApr 6, 2008 05:27
↔ Answer relevantly [128 words]MansoorApr 7, 2008 07:55
↔ Dhimmi No More has the answer [42 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 3, 2009 01:49
King Abdullah agrees to reform islam [134 words]PDMMar 26, 2008 23:03
↔ Hope or hijack??? [214 words]MansoorMar 28, 2008 09:16
↔ Mansoor, revealing his angry thoughts [210 words]InfidelMar 28, 2008 21:56
↔ Understanding the misunderstanding [103 words]MansoorMar 29, 2008 05:59
↔ Hope misplaced [92 words]TajMar 30, 2008 03:36
↔ ⇒ May the better society win! [23 words]PDMMar 30, 2008 07:44
↔ You missed the point completely! [71 words]PDMMar 31, 2008 18:37
↔ Leaders [22 words]TajApr 1, 2008 13:44
↔ Pakistani MANSOOR- To Infidel [204 words]YnnatchkahApr 1, 2008 14:07
↔ And your point is? [54 words]PDMApr 1, 2008 21:19
↔ Final bubble!!! [322 words]MansoorApr 3, 2008 07:49
↔ point is... [116 words]TajApr 3, 2008 18:05
↔ Poor Mansoor [220 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemisOct 4, 2009 00:28
↔ Mansoor, I see you are a fervent nationalist and proud of your country [96 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 4, 2009 00:42
PIPES ON ISLAMISM [14 words]Herb JuristMar 25, 2008 23:43
benefit vs. detriment [926 words]jennifer solisMar 25, 2008 19:06
↔ Thank you Jennifer! [15 words]Germain LucasMar 28, 2008 13:08
↔ Good post ... but just 'what' do we do? [162 words]OliverMar 31, 2008 13:37
↔ What do I suggest? [318 words]jennifer solisMar 31, 2008 23:42
↔ On moderate Islam [108 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 4, 2009 01:02
↔ On Islam and Naziism [142 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 4, 2009 01:36
Very Good! [33 words]JorgeMar 24, 2008 22:55
↔ Nice clap! buddy!! [234 words]MansoorMar 28, 2008 06:30
↔ It's cult but let's start one step at a time [195 words]BAMar 28, 2008 22:53
↔ Mansoor, continue clapping [55 words]InfidelMar 28, 2008 23:53
↔ Mr. "Paki". [132 words]JorgeMar 29, 2008 18:44
↔ Here is my answer!!!!!!!!!!! [8 words]MansoorApr 1, 2008 06:42
↔ No virgins for you ! [39 words]JorgeApr 4, 2008 17:54
moderately censured by moderate Muslims [326 words]trans-parereMar 24, 2008 17:00
↔ Definition of appeaser [55 words]jennifer solisMar 26, 2008 00:16
↔ political correctness a.k.a Harai Kiri [282 words]trans-parereMar 27, 2008 09:57
↔ Advocates of Hatred!! [278 words]MansoorMar 28, 2008 07:02
↔ Poor Mansoor, did you miss me? [198 words]jennifer solisMar 29, 2008 23:02
↔ Sorry for Plato my Jennifer!!!. [39 words]MansoorMar 31, 2008 00:53
↔ Islam and Islamism [456 words]ThiaganMar 31, 2008 06:43
↔ "200 million Muslims amongst us for over 1000 years" says Thiagan [157 words]jennifer solisMar 31, 2008 21:49
↔ Plato has failed [112 words]HrishiApr 1, 2008 00:27
↔ Thank you Thiagan and very well said [503 words]dhimmi no moreApr 1, 2008 20:07
↔ jennifer -dont be fooled by Mansoor [143 words]spaApr 2, 2008 02:43
↔ Stood on the top of the mountain....!!! [102 words]MansoorApr 2, 2008 06:52
↔ Robotic actions [112 words]MansoorApr 3, 2008 06:07
↔ Twisted and Jumbled!!! [62 words]MansoorApr 3, 2008 06:13
↔ Always coward!!! [103 words]MansoorApr 3, 2008 08:09
↔ spa - thanks, i'm not fooled [390 words]jennifer solisApr 3, 2008 18:44
↔ all are not fool [81 words]spaApr 4, 2008 00:41
↔ Joker has turned violent!! [126 words]spaApr 4, 2008 01:11
↔ Islam and Islamism [246 words]ThiaganApr 4, 2008 07:05
↔ Worldwide Shariaa [35 words]ThiaganApr 5, 2008 04:38
↔ Back stabbers as always!! [273 words]MansoorApr 7, 2008 10:21
↔ Mansoor, where is Mahdi [107 words]InfidelApr 8, 2008 14:20
↔ Mansoor's Mahdi [57 words]jennifer solisApr 9, 2008 00:55
↔ Trying to find corners or holes... [1163 words]MansoorApr 9, 2008 02:37
↔ Mansoor, no end of foolishness [283 words]InfidelApr 10, 2008 12:33
↔ Infidel - don't bring in facts!!! [150 words]JaladhiApr 11, 2008 20:50
↔ The Mad Mahdi of Mansoor [170 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 2, 2009 03:21
↔ Prophecy misrepresented. [239 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 4, 2009 20:29
↔ Infidel [141 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 4, 2009 20:55
↔ Facts??? [18 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 4, 2009 20:57
Islam will always be THE core problem [102 words]F DanteMar 24, 2008 16:27
What is Radical Islam? [110 words]AtooMar 24, 2008 15:13
↔ Islam is all radical!!! [89 words]JaladhiMar 25, 2008 18:02
↔ Radical Islam [160 words]Imam Ahmed Syeed Ali MuhammedApr 1, 2008 16:28
↔ Radical Islam and radical christianity??? [212 words]JaladhiApr 9, 2008 18:45
↔ I agree [141 words]Imam Ahmed Syeed Ali MuhammedApr 11, 2008 09:59
↔ Atoo [29 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 4, 2009 21:02
↔ Thank you Sir, Finally a breath of freah air in all this madness. [27 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 4, 2009 21:07
↔ Jaladhi [60 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 4, 2009 21:13
Have problems with what you stated, Dr. Pipes. [519 words]YnnatchkahMar 24, 2008 14:55
mr pipes what is the solution ..of palestinan problem [43 words]syed mohammad aliMar 24, 2008 05:36
↔ That it woudn't be against the law. [172 words]B. WilliameMar 31, 2008 05:43
↔ What Palestinian PROBLEM? [107 words]OliverMar 31, 2008 15:28
long live islam and islamist [75 words]syed mohammad aliMar 24, 2008 05:19
↔ Are you a "moderate", syed? [11 words]jennifer solisMar 27, 2008 23:43
↔ syed, why you want to bring American economy down? [246 words]BAMar 31, 2008 01:20
↔ there is nothing like moderate muslim [65 words]syed muhammad aliApr 7, 2008 12:06
↔ Syed Mohammad Ali [27 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 4, 2009 21:24
↔ Destroy US economy??? [25 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 4, 2009 21:41
poison mixed in honey [281 words]G.VishvasMar 23, 2008 20:46
Voices of moderate Islam [17 words]Gordon AntenbringMar 23, 2008 17:34
↔ There is No proof "moderate" Muslim/Islam exists!!! [112 words]JaladhiMar 24, 2008 15:58
↔ Voices of moderate Islam [387 words]Coyote_UglyMar 24, 2008 20:48
↔ Religions, moderation and civil society [697 words]Bryan PoulinMar 25, 2008 17:07
↔ Moderate Muslims, a facade [70 words]Ali KhalafMar 25, 2008 18:19
↔ A Moderate is a Radical... [7 words]OldRedMar 25, 2008 22:05
↔ I rest my case!!! [31 words]JaladhiMar 26, 2008 15:34
↔ peaceful co-existence [338 words]trans-parereMar 27, 2008 11:08
↔ reference please ... [61 words]OliverMar 30, 2008 21:46
↔ So let it be written ... So let it be done ... [96 words]OliverMar 31, 2008 22:34
↔ Reference to perfidy [134 words]Coyote_UglyApr 1, 2008 21:37
↔ References for Oliver [269 words]Bryan PoulinApr 1, 2008 22:15
↔ Brothers in deed ... [310 words]OliverApr 2, 2008 22:12
↔ I agree [66 words]OliverApr 4, 2008 12:24
↔ No "hate inspiring texts" - good job, Oliver [142 words]jennifer solisApr 4, 2008 20:48
↔ You said a mouthful Coyote [6 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 4, 2009 21:49
↔ Bravo Bryan Poulin [35 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiOct 4, 2009 21:57
Osama Obama with no comma but with comment and compliment to Mr. Pipes [299 words]Abraham StubenhausMar 23, 2008 17:31
Well, Islam IS the problem and the Muslims who are most Israel-friendly are not the "moderates" [176 words]DrRJPMar 23, 2008 16:37
↔ the best solution [176 words]mathewMar 24, 2008 20:11
↔ ISLAM IS NOT MODERATE, IT DOESN"T EXIST. [631 words]Anti IslamMay 12, 2009 03:00
Thank you Daniel Pipes [23 words]F. KatzMar 23, 2008 16:36
Islamist Finance [155 words]F W ThorntonMar 23, 2008 15:03
Abrahamic religions [280 words]janusz KowalikMar 23, 2008 14:26
↔ janusz Kowalik, murders in the USA [112 words]InfidelMar 24, 2008 16:00
↔ "Human based philosophy of life" [238 words]Lactantius Jr.Mar 25, 2008 11:32
↔ Religion motivated murders [251 words]Janusz kowalikMar 25, 2008 17:53
↔ Abraham Believed - That is His Faith - Not His Religion - Not Any Other Religion [637 words]M. ToveyMar 25, 2008 18:27
↔ More Killings Were Done By Communism, Nazism [32 words]AnneMMar 25, 2008 20:05
↔ Manusz kowalik, religion motivated murders [231 words]InfidelMar 25, 2008 21:58
↔ Would it surprise AnneM to know that Nazisim and Communism did not exist before the 20th Century? [80 words]DrRJPMar 26, 2008 19:05
↔ Islamism Is far deadlier than Nazism and Communism [94 words]HishamMar 26, 2008 19:36
↔ For Ann M and Dr.RJP regarding Communism [84 words]jennifer solisMar 27, 2008 02:36
↔ reply to Janusz kowalik [137 words]jennifer solisMar 27, 2008 03:13
↔ Wake up infidels [60 words]JaladhiMar 27, 2008 17:32
↔ 50 million Eastern Orthodox Christians and 100 million Hindus, for starters. [20 words]DrRJPMar 28, 2008 11:30
↔ Abrahamic 'Stewpot' Religions [227 words]OliverMar 28, 2008 17:50
↔ response to Oliver [55 words]jennifer solisMar 28, 2008 22:48
↔ GIVE ME LIBERTY ... [726 words]OliverMar 30, 2008 14:10
↔ Wow!!! A cry without tears [351 words]MansoorApr 2, 2008 15:37
↔ Tricky Confession!!! [230 words]MansoorApr 2, 2008 15:51
↔ Mansoor, which Allah do you worship [372 words]InfidelApr 4, 2008 01:37
↔ infidel, give the website [12 words]spaApr 5, 2008 01:36
↔ You wasted my precious time!! [129 words]MansoorApr 6, 2008 02:39
↔ Thank you Mr. Oliver !! [47 words]JorgeApr 6, 2008 09:18
↔ Mansoor, and his precious time [52 words]InfidelApr 12, 2008 17:24
↔ Our dear mansoor and his Arabian God [229 words]dhimmi no moreMay 12, 2008 20:08
↔ Don't play Dhimmi [31 words]MansoorMay 12, 2008 23:30
↔ Our dear mansoor and asking for an encore [84 words]dhimmi no moreMay 14, 2008 06:13
↔ To Janusz Kowalik [336 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemisOct 5, 2009 18:07

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