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of course islamists hate Valentine's Day, it is about love ! [197 words]	Phil Greend	Jun 7, 2009 23:16
Valentine is nothing but consumerism and cheap sex [79 words]	Right!	Jan 19, 2009 22:36
we must come out from mental slavery of west [68 words]	syed mohammad ali	Feb 19, 2008 07:46
↔ Culture Killer [137 words]	A Fed-Up Malay	Aug 28, 2009 16:00
Valentines Day [97 words]	T.J.	Jun 27, 2007 01:42
NOT HATING BUT WHY 1 PATICULAR DAY... [440 words]	merziyah	Feb 19, 2007 10:59
↔ Well-said. (End) [8 words]	Omar Kaj	Feb 25, 2007 16:20
↔ SO RIGHT!!!! [16 words]	Sara	Oct 27, 2007 12:47
↔ Would you fast on ramadhan? [129 words]	Amy/Amina Myer	Feb 12, 2008 14:03
↔ I don't get it [88 words]	Anonymous	Oct 28, 2008 18:07
↔ Totally Agree [60 words]	Oduniyi Yunus	Feb 14, 2009 03:07
Valentine beheaded [49 words]	JJJoseph	Feb 14, 2007 20:58
What's the problem? [200 words]	Neill Wylie	Feb 14, 2007 14:18
↔ who are you describing [25 words]	Terry	Feb 24, 2007 18:30
↔ Re: who are you describing [12 words]	Omar	Feb 28, 2007 08:37
Commercial Day [132 words]	Ahmad	Feb 14, 2007 01:52
Educate yourself [135 words]	Sarah	Feb 12, 2007 21:33
↔ Valentine's Day = Roman origin [96 words]	Omar Kaj	Feb 14, 2007 12:00
↔ Valentine's day [98 words]	JoJo	Feb 15, 2007 15:32
↔ Re: Valentine's day [82 words]	Omar Kaj	Feb 20, 2007 12:43
↔ how pathetic.... [126 words]	donvan	Nov 29, 2007 16:30
Nothing surprises me anymore. [31 words]	Kathy	Feb 10, 2007 08:06
Moral Policing [330 words]	XXX	Feb 16, 2006 04:04
Valentine's Day Unneeded by Moslem [92 words]	Husni	Feb 12, 2006 21:27
↔ valentines day [140 words]	sushma	Feb 14, 2006 01:16
↔ Moslems MUST and ALWAYS love other Moslems........... [100 words]	Timothy	Feb 19, 2007 22:01
↔ tolerating traditions [36 words]	Mrx	Feb 22, 2007 03:45
↔ WHAT !? [187 words]	Timothy	Feb 22, 2007 21:51
↔ normal response [168 words]	Terry	Feb 24, 2007 18:23
↔ What can I say [6 words]	Terry	Feb 24, 2007 18:33
↔ Think [342 words]	Rehman Baig Mirza	Apr 1, 2007 09:40
↔ Not Agree with this tradition! [7 words]	Gul Nabi	Feb 12, 2008 21:52
↔ Valentine's day an unislamic tradition [163 words]	Seeme Nazir	Feb 14, 2008 08:38
Valentine's Day boycot is muslim country reason. [115 words]	faiz khan	Feb 1, 2006 01:36
↔ Re: Valentine's Day boycott is muslim country reason. [38 words]	Omar Kaj	Mar 1, 2007 13:20
↔ valentine day-islam- muslim festivals [336 words]	fiazfazili	Feb 14, 2008 05:36
No problem! [183 words]	Neena	Dec 30, 2005 14:33
Valentine's day in Mumbai, India [359 words]	K. Agarwal	Mar 28, 2005 17:20
↔ What will they ban next? Christmas? [18 words]	Seema	Feb 10, 2009 12:55
Hating Valentine's Day [75 words]	Pat	Feb 11, 2005 14:48
↔ valentine - and so what [112 words]	meena	Feb 16, 2006 09:47
Valentine's Day [43 words]	Jonathan	Mar 8, 2004 21:40
↔ Valentine is totally against the islamic teachings [226 words]	Salim	Mar 6, 2007 06:03
↔ Muslims [116 words]	Proud to be an infidel!	Jul 27, 2007 04:29
↔ reply [44 words]	salim	Jul 28, 2007 06:58
Not so simple [319 words]	Arun Gupta	Mar 1, 2004 21:37
Malaysian Muslim Hypocrites [174 words]	Tom Peters	Feb 28, 2004 04:40
↔ Behaviour of people [158 words]	Leo	May 16, 2006 21:14
↔ individuality [123 words]	dfwhite19438	Feb 12, 2007 15:49
↔ beyond belief [116 words]	Terry	Feb 24, 2007 18:46
↔ accusation [87 words]	miranda	Nov 26, 2007 09:46
↔ Get the fact right [104 words]	Consuella	Mar 30, 2009 09:31
Valentine's Day [231 words]	MLJulia Sallette	Feb 22, 2004 16:14
Islam is TRUTH: [89 words]	Yusuf	Feb 20, 2004 04:14
↔ Holiday Based On A Certain Christian Saint [108 words]	AnneM	Feb 18, 2007 17:39
What is the point? [111 words]	Dagmar	Feb 19, 2004 16:34
In the dark [33 words]	Ted	Feb 19, 2004 16:29
Valentine's Day [135 words]	Harden Ervin	Feb 18, 2004 08:24
"200 arrested in Mina for celebrating Valentine's Day" [43 words]	Adam Greaves	Feb 17, 2004 23:53
↔ Be more Mature [185 words]	Dib	Feb 14, 2006 01:43
Governments and their people [19 words]	Muhammad Siddiqui	Feb 17, 2004 23:39
↔ no need for valentine's Day [28 words]	mounir	Feb 19, 2006 11:38
Opposition to Valentine's Day is not hate [164 words]	Project2012	Feb 17, 2004 19:17
So what? [91 words]	Peter J. Herz	Feb 17, 2004 18:34
↔ Commenter Peter J. Hertz has missed the point [176 words]	Adam Greaves	Feb 17, 2004 23:34
↔ Sorry [169 words]	Terry	Feb 24, 2007 19:39
Traditional Jews have problems with Valentine's day too [w/response] [93 words]	Mo	Feb 17, 2004 17:01
↔ Re: Daniel Pipes replies: [56 words]	Omar	Feb 28, 2007 09:06
↔ Off the point [149 words]	Terry	Mar 1, 2007 15:52
Down With Love [w/response] [173 words]	J. Keen Holland	Feb 17, 2004 16:32
Boycott of Valentine's Day in Muslim countries [92 words]	A.A	Feb 17, 2004 13:57
↔ VD [215 words]	Kalsoom	Feb 13, 2006 11:40
↔ Valentine's day [15 words]	hadi	Feb 8, 2009 20:18
Valentine's Day - the 'Indian Reaction' [398 words]	O.K. Sudesh	Feb 17, 2004 13:45
↔ Happy Valentine day 2007 [766 words]	Mike Ghosue	Feb 14, 2007 11:36
Another Point to Be Made [187 words]	Debbie Walls	Feb 17, 2004 13:25
Valentines day and islam [73 words]	Dan Katcher	Feb 17, 2004 12:55
↔ ISLAM IS A PERFECT WAY OF LIFE [82 words]	abdul muiiz	Feb 12, 2006 19:41
↔ ⇒ dk [21 words]	samia	Feb 13, 2006 11:55
↔ valentines day in islam? [271 words]	masood	Feb 9, 2007 12:36
↔ "Some examples why Islam is not a perfect way of life" [355 words]	Lactantius Jr.	Feb 18, 2007 19:55
↔ Not holding my breath [299 words]	Terry	Feb 24, 2007 19:13
↔ Re: "Some examples why Islam is not a perfect way of life" [3166 words]	Omar Kaj	Feb 28, 2007 17:06
↔ "Is Islam peaceful and peaceloving. What do Islams most authoritative documents say?" [2748 words]	Lactantius Jr.	Mar 5, 2007 18:19
↔ Re: "Is Islam peaceful and peaceloving. What do Islams most authoritative documents say?" [92 words]	Omar	Mar 7, 2007 08:11
↔ part 2 [933 words]	Omar	Mar 8, 2007 02:43
↔ Where will we find peace? [2281 words]	Lactantius Jr	Mar 9, 2007 19:21
↔ THINK A LITTLE!!! [193 words]	Sara	Oct 27, 2007 12:40
↔ "Give us some examples of just how peaceful Muhammad was" [43 words]	Lactantius Jr.	Nov 6, 2007 11:40
↔ Lactantius Jr. [202 words]	abdul muiiz	Nov 27, 2007 14:41
↔ Here we go again, the usual moslem resort [20 words]	Klew	Nov 27, 2007 20:28
↔ Please explain [65 words]	Lactantius Jr.	Nov 28, 2007 04:02
↔ ramble on.... [162 words]	donvan	Nov 28, 2007 17:02
↔ in your words [57 words]	abdul muiiz	Nov 30, 2007 02:56
↔ Please give us some examples of just how peaceful and peaceloving Muhammad was [66 words]	Lactantius Jr	Dec 19, 2007 05:38
↔ understanding! [58 words]	abdul muiiz	Dec 19, 2007 23:33
↔ still waiting [14 words]	abdul muiiz	Dec 19, 2007 23:40
↔ "Do Islam's most authoritative documents say Muhammad was a terrorist?" [2990 words]	Lactantius Jr	Jan 14, 2008 16:05
↔ Lactantius Jr "Do Islam's most authoritative documents say Muhammad was a terrorist?" [1903 words]	abdul muiiz	Jan 17, 2008 19:22
↔ Does "Islam" mean peace? was Islam spread by the sword? was Muhammad a terrorist? [170 words]	Lactantius Jr.	Feb 4, 2008 15:14
↔ sad [186 words]	nadia	Mar 3, 2008 06:13
↔ "Glad not sad" [3975 words]	Lactantius Jr.	Mar 9, 2008 16:19
↔ Lactantius Jr. ..............even nadia (15yrs old) knows! [23 words]	abdul muiiz	Apr 23, 2008 17:01
↔ Lactantius Jr.....bully? [184 words]	abdul muiiz	Apr 23, 2008 17:19
↔ Our dear Abdul Muiiz rabina yu3alimuhu al-lugha al-3arabiya [188 words]	dhimmi no more	Apr 24, 2008 07:07
↔ "Lactantius Jr.................bully?" a response [252 words]	Lactantius Jr.	Apr 24, 2008 17:26
↔ now we can have a productive debate, Lactantius Jr [90 words]	abdul muiiz	Apr 24, 2008 19:46
↔ response [342 words]	Nadia	Apr 25, 2008 01:01
↔ Our dear abd al-mu3iz and his big time falsafa [217 words]	dhimmi no more	Apr 25, 2008 06:51
↔ "Response with corrections" [600 words]	Lactantius Jr	Apr 27, 2008 15:44
↔ "Let amicable discussion continue" [153 words]	Lactantius Jr.	Apr 27, 2008 15:49
↔ like i said [32 words]	Nadia	May 1, 2008 04:29
↔ Dhimmi no more, you want my time, OK, hope you can handle it, " Our dear Abdul Muiiz rabina yu3alimuhu al-lugha al-3arabiy'" [530 words]	abdul muiiz	May 2, 2008 17:02
↔ Our dear 3Abd al-mu3iz [69 words]	dhimmi no more	May 3, 2008 08:53
↔ "knowing religion and knowing Jesus Christ" [186 words]	Lactantius Jr.	May 3, 2008 17:13
↔ lantatius jr , lantatius jr [30 words]	abdul muiiz	May 3, 2008 17:59
↔ " Our dear Abdul Muiiz rabina yu3alimuhu al-lugha al-3arabiy'" response 2 [124 words]	abdul muiiz	May 3, 2008 20:21
↔ Our dear 3Abd al-mu3iz you still did not answer my question [31 words]	dhimmi no more	May 3, 2008 21:28
↔ Does "Islam mean peace?" [445 words]	Lactantius Jr	May 6, 2008 17:35
↔ "Was Islam Spread By The Sword?" [4489 words]	Lactantius Jr	May 6, 2008 17:46
↔ "Let There Be No Compulsion In Religion" [1732 words]	Lactantius Jr.	May 6, 2008 17:59
↔ "Islam is the fastest growing religion in America and Europe" a response [564 words]	Lactanius Jr.	May 6, 2008 18:07
↔ dissolving your assertions [44 words]	abdul muiiz	May 7, 2008 16:13
↔ Does "Islam mean peace?"....abdul muiizs' response to Lanctantius Jr [141 words]	abdul muiiz	May 8, 2008 12:09
Islam & Valentine's Day [66 words]	Mark Alexander	Feb 17, 2004 10:32
↔ Restricting valentine day is not paranoia [247 words]	saima sadia	Jan 28, 2006 12:53
↔ Americans' need to feel loved by everyone on earth [53 words]	paul gilbert	Feb 13, 2006 05:17
↔ Open Mind [16 words]	Abdul Rahman	Feb 15, 2006 05:09
↔ Valentine-phobia [237 words]	Josh	Feb 15, 2007 16:10
↔ Valentine Day Nonsense!!!! [88 words]	Proud Indian	Feb 16, 2007 01:20
↔ hello [25 words]	Salim	Mar 7, 2007 05:23
↔ Valentines Day [15 words]	T.J.	Jun 27, 2007 02:37
↔ Anti-Valentine's Day [16 words]	Qareena Karim	Feb 8, 2008 10:25
↔ why should valentine? [40 words]	denis	Feb 10, 2009 21:57
↔ valentines day [57 words]	kiani	Feb 14, 2009 04:54
Valentine's Day - You Missed on This One [w/response] [89 words]	Brian Kheel	Feb 17, 2004 10:20
Insight [13 words]	WPLV	Feb 17, 2004 09:19
The need for perspective [63 words]	S. Feldman	Feb 17, 2004 09:06
↔ RE: The need for perspective [265 words]	R.L.	Feb 18, 2004 14:30
↔ WHAT ARE U AFRAID OF [115 words]	Kathy	Feb 10, 2007 08:25
↔ Re: WHAT ARE U AFRAID OF [82 words]	Omar Kaj	Feb 18, 2007 02:47
↔ Repetition [80 words]	Terry	Feb 24, 2007 19:21
↔ Terry, have a reality check [190 words]	Omar Kaj	Feb 25, 2007 15:39
↔ P.S. ... [46 words]	Omar Kaj	Feb 26, 2007 01:52
↔ reality check [72 words]	Terry	Feb 26, 2007 16:45
↔ Re: reality check [307 words]	Omar Kaj	Feb 27, 2007 03:48
↔ By the way... [42 words]	Omar Lak	Mar 1, 2007 13:49
↔ what drivel [127 words]	Terry	Mar 1, 2007 15:39
↔ End of story [72 words]	Terry	Mar 1, 2007 18:11
↔ Re: what drivel [259 words]	Omar	Mar 2, 2007 08:26
↔ "none of which would convince or even interest you? [104 words]	Omar	Mar 2, 2007 09:50

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