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Submitted by Carl Bitzer (United States), Jun 16, 2002 at 09:51

Thank you for sharing this round table discussion with me. The discussion sounded very similar to good Communists versus bad Communists that I heard years ago.

I would go a step further than you. In our war against Islam there is no such thing as an innocent Islamist; there are only degrees of guilt. In my opinion the least guilty are those who are ignorant of what their religion teaches. Muslims should learn about the hate filled doctrines they profess to believe in and either get out, or transform these doctrines beyond recognition.

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Some perspective and statistics [1336 words]TCNov 25, 2008 11:35
Radical Islamist [210 words]HarjitJun 12, 2008 15:29
An Indian "moderate" Islamist [113 words]Arun GuptaJun 25, 2002 20:02
I see it clearly now. Thanks, Dr. Pipes! [31 words]Stevie ForteJun 25, 2002 15:07
Know Thine Enemy [205 words]Robert ArsenaultJun 19, 2002 19:33
What about "Palestine" [240 words]Jean MartinJun 19, 2002 18:36
re Palestinians Radical Islamists? [80 words]Tamara SternJun 18, 2002 12:21
Islam and freedom [305 words]Glenn KlotzJun 17, 2002 21:41
Don't be delusional [298 words]Sam LahiriJun 17, 2002 18:05
Devout Muslims [122 words]Mordecai J. GoldJun 17, 2002 17:17
Islam by any other name is still Islam [255 words]D WJun 17, 2002 16:16
Moderate Muslims [168 words]Nazia KhanJun 17, 2002 14:06
the only way to deter the martyrs [108 words]alan fleckJun 17, 2002 10:36
The West Islamised? [101 words]Leonard SokolicJun 17, 2002 08:58
Militant Islam is Evil Totalitarian Thinking Merely Hiding Behind a New Disguise [91 words]Stephen CarlileJun 17, 2002 07:01
Violence Renounced? [52 words]Sol ShalitJun 16, 2002 17:31
SLOGANS AND DEFINITIONS [435 words]DAVID M. DASTYCHJun 16, 2002 16:23
militant islam is not radical islam [459 words]adelJun 16, 2002 13:23
There is no "moderate" Islamist [696 words]Timothy Farrell, PhDJun 16, 2002 11:22
Radical Non-Violent Islam [76 words]Israel PickholtzJun 16, 2002 10:50
⇒ Radical Islamists [92 words]Carl BitzerJun 16, 2002 09:51
↔ war on clerics [33 words]john stirlingAug 18, 2006 10:31
Islamist vs Militant Islamist [97 words]Mark TylerJun 16, 2002 09:06
Moderate Islamists? [141 words]R AbramsJun 16, 2002 07:28
Radical Islam [122 words]Minna FeligJun 16, 2002 05:17
↔ Anywhere in the world + Islam+ muslims = war and destruction [129 words]notimpressedFeb 17, 2009 10:42

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