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Submitted by Vishnu Gupta (India), Mar 22, 2006 at 04:59

Alarming reports on madrassas in UK, Pakistan and Bangladesh! Increasingly in the present times, sending children after school to Islamist-run madrassas is not a matter of free choice. At what price, the parental silence or subjugation over increasing malpractices and outright abuse under the protective umbrella of political Islam? See:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1459223,curpg-1.cms
Children at 'risk of harm' in UK madrasas
[ Wednesday, March 22, 2006 02:13:25 pmREUTERS ]

http://www.mukto-mona.com/Articles/bush_war.htm
BUSH'S WAR ON TERROR: THE MISSING FACTOR
by Jahed Ahmed & Avijit Roy

--"We did not join the government in power simply to enjoy the share of bread and butter; and ownerships of the cars-houses. Our major aim is Islamic revolution. Should Jamaat ever come to power (on our own) ; we shall introduce Sharia-law (into the country)."

-Chief leader ("ameer") of Jamaat-e-Islami and agriculture minister Mullah Motiur Rahman Nizami, Bangladesh , during a speech in 2003...


http://www.omanforum.com/threads/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/Number/199421/page//vc/1

Re: Every Single Child is Sexually Abused in the Churches in west and America!!
02/22/05 07:56 PM Edit Reply Quote Quick Reply



And children are raped in Madarassas!!!!

The Saints Of Dark Sins
An AIDS conference woke Pakistan to a stark, ugly reality: the rampant sodomy in madrassas
MARIANA BAABAR
Special Issue: 4. International

For decades, it has been a sight common to most Pakistani homes: the bearded maulana teaching children the holy Quran. But what has changed over the last few years is the presence of a family elder at these private tuitions, irrespective of the child's gender. The family elder, though it's tacit, is there to deter the maulana from preying upon children for sexual gratification. Indeed, the maulana's penchant to sodomise the male child, or molest girls, has been Pakistan's darkest, best-kept secret.

Until it was made public last month at a most unusual venue: a World AIDS Day conference in Islamabad.

Husain cited 500 cases of sexual abuse in 2004, 2,000 in 2003.


And the person who dared talk about it was the country's junior minister for religion, ushr and zakat, Dr Amir Liaquat Husain. The irrepressible minister, who conducts a weekly religious programme on a private TV channel, said Pakistan
must countenance the harsh truth about the madrassa's role in spreading AIDS. This was because, he offered to explain, maulanas are guilty of rampant sexual abuse of children.

There was an ironical backdrop to Husain's decision to blow the whistle. The Pakistan government has in recent times been trying to revamp the country's antediluvian madrassas, and also hoping they could, because of their tremendous clout, spread awareness about AIDS in society. Obviously, Husain assumed, the maulanas couldn't teach safe sex even as they abused their pupils. Lest his audience was unaware of how rampant the menace was in madrassas, the minister said, "During a raid on a madrassa in Karachi, I caught a cleric red-handed, abusing a student sexually.
An inquiry was ordered."

Since that conference on December 1, Husain's remarks have continued to generate controversy, gathering momentum every day with clerics,

The revelation comes when madrassas were being asked to help spread AIDS awareness.

the government and the minister's party, the MQM, joining issue. The initial response of the clerics was to run for cover and keep mum on the affair. But as the western media picked up the contentious thread, the maulanas rallied to hit back as only they could. They issued death threats to Husain.

Not one to be pummelled by the unholy passion of the maulanas, Husain began to reel out statistics to the media to bolster his case. There were 500 reported cases of sexual abuse involving the maulanas in 2004; it was as high as 2,000 in 2003; and, worse, there hasn't yet been a successful prosecution.

The fury of the fundamentalists prompted a nervous Shaukat Aziz government to ask the senior religious minister, Ijaz-ul-Haq, to mollify the clerics. In doing so, Ijaz was attempting to appease the constituency of fundamentalists whom his father, Zia-ul-Haq, had so assiduously cultivated. In the Senate, the conglomeration of religious parties, Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal, and even liberal parties like the Pakistan People's Party banded together to demand an apology from Husain. PPP spokesperson Farhatullah Babar told Outlook, "Actually, Husain made a sweeping statement and painted everyone black with his brush. He should have talked about specific examples."

The MQM found the heat difficult to bear. It asked Husain to apologise. Sans support from the political class and civil society, Husain relented: he apologised in the last week of December. Some thought President Pervez Musharraf, whose post-9/11 rhetoric has been anti-fundamentalist, should have publicly backed Husain's fight against the maulanas. Musharraf, however, remained silent, though it is said he told the junior minister in private that he shouldn't have apologised.

Some western websites perceived a political dimension in the controversy. As one of these noted, rather gravely, "Rape is practised to break the spirit of the child and make him obedient to the extent that he can carry out terrorist acts, including suicide bombing.

The minister should take the funds available from foreign sources and simply take the pre-teen children out of residential seminaries, (besides) replacing them with normal (read secular) schools."

Others saw a global trend in the incidents of sexual abuse in Pakistan's religious seminaries. There have been infamous cases of Catholic priests sexually exploiting children in the West; there's also the cases surrounding the Kanchi math in India currently. With the 'faithful' betraying the faith the child reposes in them, psychologist Dr Iffat Hussain points out, "Abuse on children has devastating effects on their lives later on. Sexual abuse not only destroys the child's personality but also turns such abused individuals into culprits later on."

The controversy received a fresh impetus this week as the National AIDS Control Programme held a workshop in Islamabad. Its goal: to convince religious leaders to encourage HIV/AIDS patients to use contraceptives instead of separating from their partners. They were also encouraged to talk about the HIV/AIDS kit in their Friday sermons. The moot question is: is the mullah suited for the job?

Pakistani NGO SPARC (Society for Protection of the Rights of the Child) in its 2003 report says that an amount of $225 million has been earmarked to modernise 8,000 madrassas over three years. The modernisation programme, it is hoped, could also help spread consciousness about AIDS. Yet, the same report says 14 per cent of all child-abusers in 2003 were clerics. SPARC activists cite three specific cases from 2004 to illustrate sexual abuse of children and their brutalisation in religious seminaries.

Case One
In June 2004, when five-year-old Talha did not return from the Lajna mosque in Lahore, where he had gone to take Quranic lessons from Maulvi Mohammad Altaf, his mother went to fetch him. She found the boy in the corridor of the mosque, bleeding and unconscious; the maulvi was missing from the mosque. An fir was duly lodged. Altaf was subsequently arrested and Tahla identified him as the person who had sodomised him.

The family was determined to pursue the case. But soon different religious groups began to mount pressure on them to drop the case; the family was even told that these "maulvis have links with Al Qaeda". Pressure was, apparently, also brought upon the police. The family ultimately relented in July, agreeing to not pursue their case and withdrawing their witnesses.

Case Two
Sanam, 9, daughter of Mohammad Saleh Kori, a resident of the Microwave Colony, Sukkur, Sind, was a student of Abdul Wahid Chachar's madrassa. On February 15, 2004, at the end of her classes, Maulvi Abdul Wahid told her that she was his wife and would have to live with him. Sanam rushed out to tell her parents about the incident. When her father went to the madrassa to complain, Abdul produced a nikahnama bearing Kori and his daughter's signatures.

The father-daughter had been tricked into appending their signature to the marriage document. Apparently, the maulana had asked them to sign on a form, claiming it would enable the family to receive zakat (charity money). The illiterate father, obviously, couldn't distinguish between a zakat form and a nikahnama. Worse, the local Chachar tribesmen began pressuring him to hand over Sanam to Abdul.

Case Three
Child abuse in seminaries often involves physical torture. As in the case of 11-year-old Atif. Brutally assaulted at a seminary in Faisalabad, he is currently undergoing treatment at the Children's Hospital in Lahore. On May 1, 2004, he was quoted saying, "I was punished by the teacher who wanted to make an example of me because I dared to escape from the daily routine of beatings at the seminary." Once nabbed, he was chained and detained in a room at the seminary; Maulvi Mahboob Alam then beat him severely with an iron rod. The hospital's treatment note says the boy was brought in with a head injury and bruises all over the body. Atif's case came to light following the intervention of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.

It's one thing to take legal action against culprits or modernise madrassas. It's quite another to retreat against the fury of fundamentalists keen to insulate their arcane world from scrutiny and criticism. A pity Pakistanis let down Husain.

What is the problem with these people, my friends?!?!?!?!?! WHAT?!?!?!?!?!!!!???!!!
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Pakistani christian children seized by Islamist slave traders. [741 words]Arvind MadhavanMay 22, 2006 03:2046118
Plenty of Arabs in Bangkok [65 words]arabs in bangkokMay 18, 2006 18:5745916
YEAH NOT JUST ARABS most nationalities [163 words]S.M.DHAWALEMay 22, 2006 05:5545916
Yet another attempt [314 words]S.M. DHAWALEMay 22, 2006 06:3345916
Referring to the Article Arabian Sex Tourism [443 words]S.M. DhawaleMay 16, 2006 06:4745697
1Rape of Innocents and the Keepers of Islam [103 words]Vishnu GuptaApr 24, 2006 11:0544004
Do as I say but not as I do [105 words]John 8:32Apr 7, 2006 20:1842679
2Child Abuse and Islamist Madrassas [1502 words]Vishnu GuptaMar 22, 2006 04:5941026
2Muslims the world over - wake up to the ills of the pervert clerics! [309 words]Nasim KJul 12, 2006 03:1841026
response to nasim k [246 words]clarence puckettAug 24, 2006 00:0941026
1You are also brainwashed... [200 words]FliptrxSep 6, 2006 16:0741026
Response to fliptrx [340 words]clarence puckettSep 9, 2006 22:3941026
Brainwashed... [133 words]FliptrxSep 11, 2006 00:4941026
1paedophilic imams [242 words]rashida hussainDec 19, 2006 18:2241026
1MUTA MARRIAGES [362 words]PRASADFeb 19, 2007 10:3341026
pervert clerics [16 words]AlfieMar 27, 2007 06:5941026
1Muslims the world over - wake up to the ills of the pervert clerics! by reader Nasim K. [15 words]AlfieApr 2, 2007 07:3741026
child abuse in islam , hurts the kids and the society [68 words]Phil GreendJun 2, 2007 19:4241026
Fatwa [60 words]JohnJun 11, 2007 13:2941026
Victims must denounce the perpetrators to save others [161 words]Weeping for the ChildrenNov 28, 2007 10:1641026
agreed [44 words]jojiApr 29, 2008 22:4841026
yes [197 words]jojiApr 29, 2008 23:0441026
Maldives imam in gay porn [44 words]Dhivehi RaajjeJan 4, 2010 16:4141026
1Targetting Islam [225 words]Arshia KazimiJul 28, 2011 09:3941026
1Karo Kari Honour Killings in Modern Day Pakistan [33 words]Vishnu GuptaMar 13, 2006 05:0739914
not fair [20 words]gulNov 25, 2007 10:4439914
fox news special report fails [402 words]garyJul 27, 2008 13:0239914
Saudi Arabia: Ministry of health official angry at Saudi Aids rate revelation [361 words]SophieFeb 24, 2006 06:1637884
The Saudi regime is the responsible one [90 words]We'am QMar 25, 2007 17:5537884
2More on the Arab 'Marriage' Sex Tourism [551 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
Georges FernandezFeb 24, 2006 05:1337878
perverts are everyehere [79 words]AjMar 5, 2007 05:5737878
Enough using the term "Arabs"! [96 words]George Abdel MessihJan 4, 2006 16:4431052
Is this the world we live in? [213 words]Jewel From AustraliaApr 10, 2006 10:0531052
You are 100% correct... [68 words]FliptrxSep 6, 2006 16:3031052
"Muslim Arabs" would be the most appropriate term. [9 words]Yaakov K.Oct 17, 2006 12:4431052
Generic terms [39 words]MalMar 2, 2007 01:1731052
1this is real islam [85 words]a.ahmedDec 25, 2005 19:4130557
1Be Careful Miss Ayesha Ahmed [63 words]Talal Bin GhizalDec 31, 2005 11:3930557
Its your misinterpretation and ignorance. [348 words]ShahzadJan 8, 2006 17:0630557
1Is this real islam? [176 words]conundrumFeb 21, 2006 00:1730557
1Muslims talking Satya? Taqiyya! [222 words]Rakshas 10 AnanFeb 25, 2006 01:1930557
Islam is not responsible for people mistakes [175 words]MeMar 21, 2006 23:5330557
1re: Dear me corrected [519 words]true believerMay 4, 2006 03:0030557
to True Believer [211 words]faisalMay 16, 2006 04:4430557
Muslim Lies [144 words]Pusyamitra SungaMay 18, 2006 02:3230557
Hindu boo boo [7 words]WillMay 20, 2006 03:3430557
the lie [18 words]GUY CLARKJul 27, 2006 02:0530557
2"Miss" indeed ! [132 words]yfiOct 2, 2006 02:2030557
1carefull of becoming hatefull [106 words]Phil GreendMay 26, 2007 17:5130557
i dont think Ayesha Ahmed is real [21 words]aahsenAug 24, 2008 00:3930557
1YOU be careful, Talal Bin Ghizal [192 words]Kafir911Oct 1, 2008 05:4130557
A Muslim Fashion Show? Yes, in Jakarta! Honestly, I did not think a Muslim runway show could exist [510 words]syedmdasadullahOct 14, 2008 03:2830557
COMENT TO TALAL [159 words]fahim babarNov 18, 2008 14:1330557
you people will never change....... [106 words]Ahmed RashidJun 4, 2009 14:0630557
true islam [71 words]lemarDec 6, 2005 18:3229544
1To Lemar [224 words]Georges FernandezDec 11, 2005 00:4529544
1Arabs & Muslims [69 words]Ajay KumarMay 8, 2006 13:2029544
2Islam - a resounding success story, why and how [6020 words]y brandstetter MDDec 4, 2005 18:0129408
1Islam - a resounding success story, why and how [163 words]IreneJan 31, 2006 10:5929408
Islam - a resounding success story, why and how [156 words]SamiMar 18, 2006 02:3029408
1Sami's distortions [625 words]JasonApr 11, 2006 07:3129408
2thank you [259 words]yfiOct 2, 2006 03:0129408
a reply to your fallacious comments [264 words]Moh'dFeb 2, 2007 09:5329408
To Moh'd [367 words]G.VishvasMar 8, 2007 12:0129408
fake and wrong propagation against Islam [41 words]mohammed Hamed AliMar 14, 2007 04:3429408
idealised version of islam [376 words]G.VishvasMar 15, 2007 05:0529408
you cant blame the religion [200 words]ArslanApr 28, 2009 09:0729408
islam has to be judged too [143 words]G.VishvasApr 30, 2009 10:3129408
again? [11 words]ArslanApr 30, 2009 18:5929408
references abound [285 words]G.VishvasMay 2, 2009 03:5129408
Imrana 28, Mother of Five, Victim of Islam [76 words]Rakshas 10 AnanNov 21, 2005 00:5328638
all they need is inspiration [326 words]Sam PhilarNov 17, 2005 14:2828544
U make my point [147 words]Sam PhilarNov 20, 2005 13:1228544
In Footsteps of the Prophet... [673 words]Rakshas 10 AnanNov 16, 2005 11:1128482
Islam does not protect it's wrongdoers [161 words]Sam PhilarNov 14, 2005 03:1528344
1Does Islam Grant Precedence to Individual Will Over Allah's Dictat? [161 words]Rakshas 10 AnanNov 13, 2005 05:2328311
blame the individuals [105 words]Sam PhilarNov 11, 2005 11:0628227
Control Islamist Priests [52 words]Rakshas 10 AnanNov 8, 2005 10:4227959
to rakshas [55 words]hadiNov 8, 2005 19:3927959
What of the Priests, Mr. Hadi? [52 words]Rakshas 10 AnanNov 9, 2005 06:2527959
Reply to Hadi [64 words]DanielNov 9, 2005 11:3427959
1To Hadi: Wages of Blasphemy [225 words]Rakshas 10 AnanNov 10, 2005 01:1427959
to Daniel [251 words]Hamzah KattanDec 11, 2005 03:4627959
Arabian sex tourism [83 words]mohammed wajihuddinMay 11, 2006 09:3027959
no he didnt eat with his neighbour [143 words]tommyAug 16, 2006 04:3927959
Make a difference between an arab and a true Muslim. [55 words]ehmarDec 12, 2006 05:2627959
good islam [54 words]hadiOct 30, 2005 22:1427533
paranoia [151 words]FarzadOct 27, 2005 08:3127412
1Arabs "shopping" in Thailand too [165 words]Funk Soul BruhvaOct 25, 2005 21:0327334
4Arabs and Thai Racism [259 words]Kreakos IbraheemSep 1, 2006 04:0527334
thai [10 words]KwAug 22, 2010 22:2827334
what? [2 words]SamOct 9, 2013 15:0227334
What about the widespread Arab racism? [147 words]KhalidaDec 16, 2016 19:4727334
WIVES FOR HIRE BY THE HOUR FOR ARABS [1036 words]SophieOct 25, 2005 13:1127294
DISGRACEFUL [42 words]DONT LIKE WAHABISJan 28, 2007 16:3627294
Wives for Hire [14 words]Syed TareqOct 26, 2009 03:5727294
lets look at the other side of the coin aswell [157 words]sidiqOct 25, 2005 02:0727279
1Arab Pedophiles [114 words]Johar YusufMay 20, 2006 15:5127279
marriage [158 words]An Insight...Oct 24, 2005 08:0627250
Muslims have less AIDS [68 words]Oct 19, 2005 23:3627131
Response to Hadi : Muslim have less AIDS [429 words]SophieOct 30, 2005 16:4227131
100% agree to sophie [125 words]hadiOct 31, 2005 19:1727131
Response to Hadi [28 words]Atim BasseyNov 1, 2005 10:4927131
Indians Reform India, Not Outsiders [533 words]Swahili DinazOct 19, 2005 20:0727124
1Reply to Mr. Swahili Dinaz (Abuse against kids - a world' problem) [184 words]AbbasOct 20, 2005 13:1627124
My suggestion for developed India [128 words]deepesh thakurOct 18, 2006 14:0527124
I do not think anybody would say India is doing nothing about child abuse. [262 words]Peter HallSep 5, 2011 19:5027124
A report on child prostitution in india. [44 words]AbbasOct 19, 2005 01:5927086
Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning [138 words]SophieOct 16, 2005 08:1326989
1Your point? [47 words]That other guyOct 7, 2006 21:5626989
words of appreciation [19 words]smithDec 28, 2006 07:1526989
What is the consequence of adultery from Quran's point of view? [263 words]ZUMAMay 17, 2012 02:2226989
A sincere cry from a real Muslim. [214 words]MuhammadOct 13, 2005 21:0426924
Yes, Mr. Muhammad, we heard your sincere cry of a real muslim [345 words]John BastileOct 14, 2005 08:4626924
1John Bastille [240 words]Mohammed Saleem AkhtarOct 14, 2005 18:5726924
are we realy terrorist [490 words]parvezDec 30, 2009 08:4326924
Vices East & West: Apples and Oranges [203 words]Merry WhitneyOct 13, 2005 17:0326915
Horendous sin; who are they kidding? [146 words]rukhsana sharifOct 13, 2005 04:0026897
2Misinformation by Rukhsana Sharif [498 words]Ayesha AhmedOct 18, 2005 12:1526897
Reply to Ayesha [95 words]Mu'een Ud DeenNov 2, 2005 06:0026897
seen worse in Thailand [638 words]R.IbrahimOct 12, 2005 16:1226875
Bet this isn't taught in Western Islam classes... [65 words]TomOct 12, 2005 10:3126859
Pedophilia in Islam [161 words]KazmiferOct 11, 2005 12:2926783
SICKENING [5 words]anneMar 9, 2006 20:5426783
Be open minded... [567 words]Jimmy EbascoSep 22, 2006 17:3026783
misunderstood [89 words]JOJIMay 1, 2008 10:1926783
Religions all need to be held accountable [228 words]Peter HallSep 5, 2011 20:3326783
Muslims are not the main problem [131 words]John GiannascaOct 10, 2005 21:4026771
1Response to John G. [256 words]DarrellOct 11, 2005 12:4526771
1They ARE real Muslims [162 words]AVOct 10, 2005 19:1226767
1Just a thought . . . [130 words]Daniel M.Oct 10, 2005 17:3126764
1To enforce my point [121 words]BorisOct 10, 2005 16:3226762
Slave trade [178 words]JohnnyOct 10, 2005 14:3126761
1Response to Johnny, Islam and abuse of women [336 words]Abdullah A.Oct 10, 2005 18:3526761
Evil Desires [84 words]F. ShawkiOct 10, 2005 11:4726759
They are not Muslim [67 words]YavuzOct 10, 2005 06:2326754
1Temporary marriages can be the solution to Islamic economies [481 words]John BastileOct 10, 2005 03:4926753
You may consider Prostitution as a economic activity [52 words]Mahreen KhanJul 31, 2007 16:1926753
1I'm not surprised [155 words]Peter J. HerzOct 9, 2005 17:2026747
What of the girls [175 words]yuval Brandstetter MDOct 9, 2005 16:1526746
1Answer to Yuval [188 words]PansyOct 9, 2005 19:0326746
answer to Pansy [43 words]yuval Brandstetter MDOct 10, 2005 12:5126746
False comparisons [163 words]PansyOct 9, 2005 12:2626742
Not only in India... [271 words]MorrisOct 9, 2005 10:3026739
Slavery is realy part of Islam [133 words]F.ShawkiOct 8, 2005 23:3726729
Would CAIR care? [8 words]DaisyOct 8, 2005 23:2826727
Double Standards [555 words]Steve RalstonOct 8, 2005 20:1526726
muta [6 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
ploomeOct 8, 2005 17:3026723
2History of Muta and the future of an Islamic society [451 words]John BastileOct 9, 2005 12:0526723
11Arab Sex tourism [226 words]Imdad AliMar 16, 2007 04:0526723
double standards [166 words]Asim AhmedOct 8, 2005 16:5726722
Response to Asim Ahmed [110 words]BorisOct 9, 2005 08:0726722
Asim Ahmed has a point [267 words]John BastileOct 9, 2005 12:3926722
Shalt not take God's name in vain [285 words]BorisOct 8, 2005 13:2526717
Islam and Women [180 words]Arlinda DeAngelisOct 8, 2005 11:1726715
islam treats women poorly , then us ? [145 words]Phil GreendMay 31, 2007 20:1926715
2Regarding Arabian Sex Tourism [66 words]NaeemOct 8, 2005 10:4526714
l0% affected by Erectile Dysfunction (ED) in the Middle East [84 words]SophieOct 8, 2005 07:2626711
Russian and Ukrainians are Favorites, Too! [94 words]GWKOct 8, 2005 07:0026710
11Arabian Sex Tourism art. No.3022 [70 words]S.C.PandaOct 8, 2005 06:2426709
1They are following Quran and Sunna [149 words]Ayesha AhmedOct 8, 2005 02:5526705
arabian sex tourisum [85 words]nazeer ahamedMar 25, 2007 05:3626705
Muslims victim of Islam [297 words]Amitabh tripathiOct 7, 2005 23:3826702
Muslims are not victim [116 words]Aamir RizviFeb 8, 2007 12:0226702
8ramayan v quran [320 words]surjMay 20, 2007 19:4926702
What else is new [35 words]StanOct 7, 2005 20:0826697
"What Is Truth?" [505 words]Yehoshua ZellerOct 7, 2005 20:0026696
Arab's delight [102 words]Gudrun EussnerOct 7, 2005 19:5726695
Then what happens? [60 words]Chaya JaneOct 7, 2005 19:2826691
So what else has changed? [272 words]James ROct 7, 2005 17:3226686
just a tribalism [65 words]maksmanOct 7, 2005 16:4626683
relgious misuse [34 words]Donald W. BalesOct 7, 2005 15:5726682
1Dirty old men: Islam, the Muslim way of life. [155 words]Mark-Alan WhittleOct 7, 2005 13:4926675
reply to Mark-Alan Whittle [154 words]WILLIAM BOYDOct 9, 2005 14:3426675
the difference... [62 words]Dinesh PatelMar 16, 2006 05:5126675
you can not beat us [73 words]airborneOct 14, 2006 20:1526675
1arab sex [33 words]andyDec 30, 2006 13:4426675
Islam in a nutshell. [325 words]kaleJul 29, 2007 14:1626675
Some Thai bars Ban " Abusive" Arab Men [64 words]joshuaAug 22, 2007 22:0626675
islam is true religion [29 words]Md. Sultan HussainNov 10, 2007 00:4226675
to SUPER CHRISTIAN [91 words]SUPER MuslimDec 17, 2007 14:5826675
1Thankful for being muslim [110 words]Aziz IslamAug 11, 2008 13:5726675
RE: andy, Dec 30, 2006 at 13:44 [109 words]BilalAug 14, 2008 06:3526675
error from the Quran? [318 words]CuriousMay 10, 2010 21:2626675
what goes around, eventually comes around [69 words]David W. LincolnOct 7, 2005 13:0726673
US Military supplying pornography to soldiers and Moslems [90 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
Patty OuimetteOct 7, 2005 12:3926671
Could be true? [20 words]That other guyOct 7, 2006 22:0126671
I saw it happen [121 words]SteveSep 28, 2007 21:0626671
1The truth is that ... [112 words]Vishnoo RathFeb 21, 2009 16:5626671
AS ABOVE [9 words]RUBYMar 31, 2009 16:0726671
medieval monarchs [89 words]abrahamOct 7, 2005 12:3526670
Midieval monarchs indeed! [258 words]Daniel M.Oct 7, 2005 13:3026670
"medieval monarchs" indeed [32 words]Michael JoyceOct 7, 2005 14:1126670
Nikaah- shi'a or sunni? [97 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
Canadian Miso-islamistOct 7, 2005 12:2726669
1Arabian Sex Tourism [28 words]PhillipOct 7, 2005 11:5426664
Saudi Promiscuity [41 words]DvoraOct 7, 2005 11:4926663
3Men and their sex drive [211 words]MirriSep 10, 2007 15:5826663
Men and their sex drive by reader Mirri [173 words]AbdullahOct 13, 2007 10:2526663

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