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Submitted by JACQUES HADIDA (United States), Jul 3, 2012 at 22:15

Hello Daniel,

Just two hours before reading this note I asked myself the same question: What is wrong with Islam destroying antiquities that the world cherishes as being part of our history? Regardless whose culture it is, they all have merits and value. Not so for the Moslems. Why?

Also why don't Islam smart leaders, realizing the fallacy of such atrocities , why don't they come up front and strongly oppose these acts? Is it that they agree with them? For if so, then out world is in deep trouble.

I just read that the wise men of Al Azhar University are forbidding the cutting of tomatoes in two halves as it shows a cross and thus, it does not please Allah. So either you do not eat tomatoes or you eat them without cutting them, unless you go for cherry tomatoes, but no way since it is an Israeli invention

Islam will keep amazing me in a sad way

Best regards

JACQUES HADIDA

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1Questions but no answers [49 words]dhimmi no moreSep 15, 2012 06:04197007
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12History Turkish style part three [448 words]dhimmi no moreJul 10, 2012 13:40197005
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8History Turkish style part four [304 words]dhimmi no moreJul 12, 2012 18:05197005
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8One more victim of the Arabs and their imperialism [338 words]dhimmi no moreJul 9, 2012 06:01196945
11Jewish Quarter in the Old City of jerusalem [35 words]Meron medziniJul 3, 2012 10:15196944
16Islam vs. History [67 words]S.C.PandaJul 3, 2012 05:57196942
3Add to the list the Temple Mount [33 words]
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PezDispenserJul 3, 2012 04:24196940
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2Destroy the pesky facts. [88 words]SergeiJul 3, 2012 01:26196934
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5Untrue muslims [80 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
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5Islam VS History [85 words]Dennis GarwitzJul 2, 2012 20:43196917
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1Ou poor guy! [162 words]Arid YaacobJul 5, 2012 22:04196917
13Another victim of Arabian imperialism and Islam [992 words]dhimmi no moreJul 7, 2012 06:48196917
5INo Logical Explanation [132 words]JudithJul 2, 2012 20:40196916
1Very well said ... [173 words]kmanJul 2, 2012 23:03196916
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7HOW TO COEXIST? [35 words]DAVID R.GROESBECKJul 2, 2012 19:41196913
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2Islam the Destroyer [37 words]EthanPJul 2, 2012 18:59196909
14Muslims are desecrating the Temple Mount. [79 words]M.D.Jul 2, 2012 18:50196908
3More on the Moslem destruction of Jewish artifacts [103 words]Pinchas BaramJul 2, 2012 23:17196908
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