I am a serious news hound, digging up anything that borderlines dramatic. One constant that shocks me is the only people who are killing themselves as Martyrs are Muslims. But the most shocking part is these Muslims are killing other Muslims. So if I can be a Martyr, and I kill the people I claim to protect, am I a hero to Allah? Okay - ...lies and hypocricy. ...

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Answer to Mumbai [323 words]	Arlinda DeAngelis	Apr 26, 2005 08:17
Why does this not happen in other religions? [146 words]	Yldaed Suriv	Apr 15, 2005 15:09
How much Islam is responsible for creating terrorists [27 words]	A.Ahmed	Apr 13, 2005 11:47
The article [323 words]	Allen	Apr 10, 2005 11:21
The problem with that formula [127 words]	Emmanuel Parello	Apr 8, 2005 13:37
How come the family did not know about their son? [623 words]	N. Khaledi	Apr 7, 2005 21:59
Fodder for a teddy boy [196 words]	Donald O	Apr 7, 2005 21:17
Why does a normal Muslim turn into a terrorist? [20 words]	Ayesha A.	Apr 7, 2005 13:02
Honesty [79 words]	S.C.Panda	Apr 6, 2005 05:54
Missing the wood for the trees [417 words]	Ghulam Muhammed, Mumbai	Apr 6, 2005 00:57
Looking for new recruits [451 words]	John	Apr 5, 2005 15:43
Australian model: Sure, but.... [150 words]	JB Tant	Apr 5, 2005 14:21
Preview of things to come......... [228 words]	Warren Bacon	Apr 5, 2005 12:56
The guy was a crackpot... [378 words]	Nabil Ahmad	Apr 5, 2005 12:02
Friend or Foe?? [211 words]	Rebecca E. Moulds	Apr 5, 2005 12:01
Probably recruited while still in Jordan [88 words]	Richard Conoboy	Apr 5, 2005 11:20
Strange Biography [152 words]	Werner	Apr 5, 2005 00:05
Why are Muslims so obsessed with "honor"? [98 words]	Funk Soul Bruhva	Apr 4, 2005 23:29
Apropos muslim immigrants who become jihadists [218 words]	Gabriel Rinzler	Apr 4, 2005 22:52
So what if someone who hated us passed through? [217 words]	Peter J. Herz	Apr 4, 2005 21:59
Jihadis [59 words]	Donald W. Bales	Apr 4, 2005 19:58
⇒ To Error is Human, to Kill is Martydom [69 words]	Chris K	Apr 4, 2005 19:52
Or, perhaps, a distraught man? [198 words]	G. Lobe	Apr 4, 2005 18:58
The case for immigration control: the Australian model [w/response] [188 words]	Octavio Johanson	Apr 4, 2005 17:50
↔ The Australian immigration-system [18 words]	JA	Feb 18, 2006 19:21
↔ Australian immigration policies [58 words]	Kevin	Jan 2, 2009 20:11
Great Details and Analysis [79 words]	Alex	Apr 4, 2005 17:17
What are we looking for? [91 words]	Marcy Glanz	Apr 4, 2005 16:59
The California Suicide Bomber and Cognitive dissonance [126 words]	Stan Futterman	Apr 4, 2005 16:05
Credibility [w/response] [126 words]	David Pinto	Apr 4, 2005 15:57
Another brick in the wall [89 words]	Darwin Barrett	Apr 4, 2005 15:57
Islam a Jihadist religion [194 words]	Gloria Stewart	Apr 4, 2005 15:16
SLEEPERS'S TACTICS [192 words]	Marcos Berenstein	Apr 4, 2005 14:53
↔ Where are the real America Moslims? [31 words]	JP Archer	Jun 1, 2006 12:50

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