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You don't have to be scholar to understand Islam
Reader comment on item: Erdoğan Bares His Fangs
in response to reader comment: Just plainly dumb

Submitted by Romesh Chander (United States), Jan 7, 2009 at 17:46

Ugri:" You write "The plain and regrettable truth is that both options are true. Studying Islam, its tenets and its ultimate goals is hard work, something which the politicians willingly postpone to the distant future".

Come on. You don't have to be an islamic scholar to make political policies. Do politicians learn GITA to formulate policies regarding India or study Buddhism to formaulate policies regarding China, Cambodia, Japan, Burma, etc. Did US/European politicians study Karl Marx to formulate policies against USSR? No, you don't have to be a scholar to understand Islam and its followers.

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wolf in sheeps' clothes [40 words]Phil GreendMar 30, 2009 22:13
A nasty bit of goods [74 words]Rebecca MouldsMar 14, 2009 11:30
Fangs appear when mouth opens [8 words]KiwiFeb 23, 2009 06:35
who created the monster [39 words]atillaJan 30, 2009 01:58
Erdogan's actual comments, translated by me [149 words]TranslatorJan 12, 2009 22:05
↔ Erdoğan Is on a Witchunt for Secular Turks! We need to get the word out! [60 words]TurkJan 14, 2009 03:07
↔ Let Turks have the last say on Erdogan [78 words]Debanjan BanerjeeMar 16, 2009 04:30
Secular Turkey? [208 words]J. D. Kimo SmithJan 9, 2009 22:36
just a quote from that president [87 words]DonJan 6, 2009 17:27
↔ Erdoğan Bares His Fangs [64 words]moJan 15, 2009 17:46
Is Erdoğan smart and clever or EU leadership just plainly dumb? [91 words]Romesh ChanderJan 6, 2009 16:06
↔ Just plainly dumb [109 words]UgriJan 7, 2009 02:37
↔ ⇒ You don't have to be scholar to understand Islam [95 words]Romesh ChanderJan 7, 2009 17:46
↔ Erudite vigilance [77 words]UgriJan 8, 2009 09:23
↔ You don't have to be a scholar, but you can't be a politician either [141 words]jennifer solisJan 9, 2009 17:54
↔ Nor do Europeans, Mr. Chander [8 words]Abu NudnikJan 10, 2009 10:29
↔ Look at the crest of the USSR [107 words]Abu NudnikJan 10, 2009 10:40
↔ True, but... [156 words]Abu NudnikJan 10, 2009 10:48
Fangs? [29 words]K.H. AhmedJan 6, 2009 15:44
Rant of an Islamist.. [44 words]MonuJan 6, 2009 12:50
Under the skin... [200 words]Norma FaresJan 6, 2009 11:33
Perpertrating inhuman actions by shelling inocent men women & children for a decade! [40 words]David GoshenJan 6, 2009 10:49
↔ Turkey punishing Hamas? [90 words]Romesh ChanderJan 7, 2009 17:57
↔ How I wish they were "inhuman!" [61 words]Abu NudnikJan 12, 2009 12:27
Erdogan is no Mustapha Kamal [75 words]sammishJan 6, 2009 10:29
Erdoğan Bares His Fangs [18 words]Iftikhar AhmadJan 6, 2009 10:24
↔ Secularism and Islam are antagonist [80 words]Romesh ChanderJan 7, 2009 17:52
Oh Really! [44 words]Jonathan PfefferJan 6, 2009 09:52
↔ Do you expect the world to believe it? [104 words]Romesh ChanderJan 6, 2009 21:18
Beware US, Europe of same approach [196 words]One-eyed eagleJan 6, 2009 09:45
Whether true or not. [74 words]LynnJan 6, 2009 09:31
disagree [133 words]SkepticOverAllJan 6, 2009 09:06
Excuse me [115 words]Turkish-SoldierJan 6, 2009 08:41
↔ What is the west reaping anyway?? [144 words]SammishJan 7, 2009 10:11
↔ The Blame is on Islam, not Turkey [199 words]der AlleswisserJan 9, 2009 05:32
↔ About reaping [108 words]Turkish-SoldierJan 13, 2009 05:55
Erdogan, Gaza and Kurds [43 words]johnJan 6, 2009 07:44
↔ Erdogan-"Crimes Against Humanity"? [138 words]AmerisraelJan 17, 2009 12:01
So - how strong is the military oversight? [27 words]ilyaJan 6, 2009 07:28
Imam of Istanbul [223 words]D. ATAJan 6, 2009 02:44
↔ Re D. Atat [59 words]Peter HerzJan 7, 2009 15:26
↔ Re: Peter Herz [153 words]D.AtaJan 9, 2009 02:18
The Whole Tooth
[w/response] [101 words]		Rebecca MouldsJan 5, 2009 22:46
↔ English Transcription is Wrong AGAIN!!!!! [61 words]DanyalJan 7, 2009 06:28
↔ Be that as it may [25 words]Rebecca MouldsJan 7, 2009 18:04
↔ Dr Pipes predicted this but I will say.. [39 words]james burkeJan 13, 2009 15:25
↔ 10 Points [18 words]UgriJan 15, 2009 00:46

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