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in response to reader comment: Glad you made that choice, Dr. Pipes

Submitted by Prashant (United States), Oct 4, 2019 at 20:57

Dear Dr Pipes, Describing his discovery of ME/Islam through the evening newspapers, your reader Jeff said the entire truth in three or four sentences. Jeff said, "I started to wonder, who are the Druze? Who are the Maronites? Who are the Kurds? Who are the Shia? And why do they all have militias?"

I can answer Jeff's question and I will have to be blunt. They all have militias because every one of them has to defend and advance Islam and use of violence is permitted toward this goal! And, these Militias were not born in 1948 or 1947 or 1972. They have existed since the 7th century. As I have said many times on the forum by some uncanny coincidence by the year 711, through its violent invaders Islam had reached India on the East and Spain on the West. And, our friendly Islamic attackers had already captured Jerusalem and Constantinople before that. We need to teach this history to every human over and over again. Perhaps Islamic doctrine is perfect but it still needs to go back wherever it came from and be brought back by a humble monk and not by a blood-thirsty invader.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
What about the Treason committed by the US? [57 words]AlexandrosOct 12, 2019 12:01255382
Treason [137 words]JeffOct 14, 2019 11:07255382
5780 - Continues with your Sharp Focus, Analysis, Wit and Warnings [110 words]CanadianOct 8, 2019 14:45255283
2Glad you made that choice, Dr. Pipes [542 words]
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JeffOct 3, 2019 19:53255195
1Read Jeff said it most beautifully! [197 words]PrashantOct 4, 2019 20:57255195
1Time to pass the torch [118 words]
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DaveSep 29, 2019 20:00255129
Fascinating article [97 words]PrashantSep 30, 2019 21:06255129
Facinating read! [76 words]
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Ty KennedySep 29, 2019 18:09255128

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