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Submitted by yuval Brandstetter MD (Israel), Sep 7, 2010 at 17:08

Oil. By some devilish cunning Islamic countries especially those around the Gulf and strangely enough Nigeria, are sitting on 70-80 percent of all known oil reserves in the world Answer: Stop using oil for transportation heating etc How? Better Place. Look it up. it holds the best hope for an oil-less and therefore Islam-less future YB

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Diversity is the name of the game [267 words]Mike FranklinJan 23, 2013 14:56202755
3Moderate Muslims [170 words]John NosserOct 13, 2010 15:26179234
9Islam and the message [791 words]dhimmi no moreSep 5, 2010 07:34177695
1Stop the training of Jihad [163 words]SalOct 5, 2010 08:01177695
2Well said [313 words]OlcayJun 23, 2011 18:12177695
Islam and its victims [64 words]dhimmi no moreJun 23, 2011 19:19177695
What is the scholarly reference for this claim of yours. [62 words]Bertan AtalayNov 6, 2013 18:05177695
1About Islam : a theory, why NOT? [2624 words]alessandro alboreAug 30, 2010 07:08177448
3Radical Islamic tribalism worse than third reich of Hitler [171 words]Muslimk***Aug 29, 2010 08:24177418
6DILEMMA ! [129 words]Ange Michel MURANGWAAug 26, 2010 20:01177327
78Islam is a matter of concentration [107 words]Big BAug 23, 2010 11:14177146
2Islam is not good for society in any concentration!!! [222 words]JaladhiSep 5, 2010 08:11177146
2And the answer is.... [56 words]yuval Brandstetter MDSep 7, 2010 17:08177146
Some viruses are harmful in small or big number [17 words]Ravi Ranjan Singh Bharat PanthiMay 17, 2011 06:49177146
1You are hypocrites [84 words]AAASep 10, 2011 05:44177146
6The question is if the fullest form of Islam, Sharia, can co-exist with Secular Law as practiced in the Democratic Western World. [429 words]Isaac HaskiyaAug 23, 2010 07:42177132
2Sharia in action [658 words]Ghulam Muhammed, MumbaiAug 23, 2010 20:46177132
1In the West , freedom comes before religion, Islam included. Good or bad is what you do with it! [355 words]Isaac HaskiyaAug 27, 2010 03:50177132
4Moderate Islam is the solution? [60 words]J PappasAug 22, 2010 11:27177094
8There is no Moderate" Islam - it's only a figment of imagination of Muslim, Muslim apologists, and inteelectual experts!!! [65 words]JaladhiAug 23, 2010 10:09177094
Re: there is no moderate Islam. [63 words]J PappasAug 26, 2010 23:12177094
Moderate Islam [93 words]SanityAug 29, 2010 09:30177094
3There is no moderate Islam - only a figment of imaginatin!!! [369 words]JaladhiAug 29, 2010 15:21177094
5Open your eyes and think for yourself to learn the truth about islam!!! [420 words]JaladhiAug 30, 2010 15:17177094
1100 years ago in Turkey [142 words]Jason PappasAug 30, 2010 21:45177094
3I still say : there is no moderate Islam and no moderate Muslim!!! [199 words]JaladhiAug 31, 2010 18:19177094
2Islam is islam [134 words]btillySep 1, 2010 05:00177094
4Have you forgotten Armenian Genocide committed by "moderate" Muslim Turkey??? [185 words]JaladhiSep 1, 2010 14:29177094
1moderate islam?moderate communist? [172 words]rwSep 3, 2010 05:19177094
1Ataturk was a nationalist not an Islamist [276 words]Jason PappasSep 6, 2010 22:07177094
3Islam and its after effects [137 words]Dr. O. P. SudraniaAug 20, 2010 12:56177016
2A Question [496 words]Ron ThompsonAug 21, 2010 22:47177016
4Understand Our Concern [115 words]Leonard MarkowitzAug 20, 2010 08:43177007
4unsophisticated tone [134 words]rwAug 20, 2010 05:27177004
nuanced solidarity [125 words]Ralph H SidwayAug 19, 2010 19:54176995
2Disappointment [44 words]PezDispenserAug 19, 2010 17:40176989
6Comments on Washington Post article [212 words]Gloria StewartAug 19, 2010 17:33176988
2Oh well, risks of being unsophisticated!!! [50 words]JaladhiAug 24, 2010 19:49176988
4Is There Really a "Middle" on this Issue? [344 words]Ron ThomposonAug 19, 2010 16:01176983
Dr. Pipes has changed viewpoints and possibly History. [162 words]Anne-USAAug 19, 2010 16:00176982
My vote for Dr. Pipes [41 words]Ghulam Muhammed, MumbaiAug 28, 2010 04:11176982
5my problem with islam is the murder, rape, stealing, and world domination attempts. [46 words]Phil GreendAug 19, 2010 13:24176977
1Maybe we are learning [125 words]Joe Six-PackAug 19, 2010 10:54176974
How do you differ? [30 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
Frank VoslerAug 19, 2010 09:36176969
3I think there is an element of Islam that WANTS and NEEDs war. [509 words]LynnAug 19, 2010 08:38176965
Not relevant [202 words]Daniel TeeboomAug 19, 2010 08:13176964
complex [189 words]mythAug 19, 2010 07:48176963
3I do not agree with Daniel's concept of possible "evolution" of islam [88 words]zedAug 19, 2010 03:19176953
The Golden Age [64 words]Barry BlackAug 30, 2010 14:30176953
The Church Had Its Golden Age- On the Other Hand, True Christianity Has Been in the Age of Grace for Almost Two Thousand Years [461 words]M. ToveyAug 31, 2010 16:38176953
1everything is changing and adapting [82 words]baker saresNov 17, 2010 12:59176953
you aren't serious [78 words]joyDec 21, 2010 14:42176953
2The fight for free speech [90 words]Cherif El-AyoutyAug 19, 2010 03:12176952
23Islam vs. "Radical Islam" [823 words]Edward ClineAug 18, 2010 22:29176940
2Islam is all radical!!! [218 words]JaladhiAug 23, 2010 16:41176940
1Religion and the Mind [304 words]RobertAug 25, 2010 14:06176940
1Internal Conflict in Islam? [484 words]Edward ClineAug 26, 2010 21:37176940
2Very intelligent post by Edward Cline [256 words]RajeevAug 28, 2010 01:25176940
1Concurrence concerning nature of Islam [148 words]Edward ClineAug 29, 2010 20:37176940
Perspective [192 words]James S. OppenheimAug 18, 2010 21:15176938
Daniel, you need to follow up with your own post on this. [271 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
JohnAug 18, 2010 18:13176925
Big Distinction Indeed [114 words]Bob HoffmanAug 18, 2010 17:13176918
Nuance is the only hope [421 words]John W. McGinleyAug 18, 2010 16:45176914
Nature of the problem [16 words]LindaKAug 18, 2010 16:35176913
Pipes is substantial [97 words]David H. PartingtonAug 18, 2010 16:12176911
The distinction is, indeed, important, Ms. Boorstein. [109 words]Michael JoyceAug 18, 2010 15:35176908
Wilders is no rightist [107 words]Gerry Philip MokAug 18, 2010 15:34176907
13Islam in America [133 words]J.KowalikAug 18, 2010 15:27176905
2Who is afraid of Islam? [137 words]Ghulam Muhammed, MumbaiAug 18, 2010 20:21176905
4Islam: a theocratic religion [50 words]Gary GreerAug 19, 2010 11:52176905
2Delusional!!! [82 words]JaladhiAug 23, 2010 09:59176905
2There is No Fear of Islam Where There is the Love of Almighty God of the Bible [671 words]M. ToveyAug 23, 2010 19:20176905
2Islam's Abrahamic heritage [86 words]Ghulam Muhammed, MumbaiAug 23, 2010 19:38176905
1Viewing islam with a perfect lens [75 words]BernieAug 24, 2010 03:03176905
1Stll delusional!!! [76 words]JaladhiAug 24, 2010 20:36176905
reply to Ghulam [118 words]csyAug 25, 2010 02:43176905
4passing judgement on the absurd. [234 words]the Grand Infidel of KaffiristanAug 25, 2010 06:43176905
3A funny thing happened on the way to Israel. [97 words]LynnAug 25, 2010 08:34176905
2Abraham's Legacy and our Heritage is His Faith In Almighty God Through His Savior, Just as Jesus Christ Said. [511 words]M. ToveyAug 25, 2010 19:25176905
2Stoning of Adulterous [215 words]Ghulam Muhammed, MumbaiAug 26, 2010 19:24176905
4spirit of tolerance [830 words]the Grand Infidel of KaffiristanAug 28, 2010 09:50176905
4change?? [524 words]the Grand Infidel of KaffiristanAug 29, 2010 02:35176905
1Missing Jesus Christ's Expression of Heavenly Love - Forgiveness and the Grace of Almighty God [96 words]M. ToveyAug 29, 2010 19:33176905
2Islamism's comparison with Nazism is not entirely correct [186 words]RajeevAug 29, 2010 22:11176905
Debate for the sake of debates leads to no constructive end. [29 words]Ghulam Muhammed, MumbaiAug 30, 2010 20:23176905
1Understanding. [216 words]LynnAug 31, 2010 08:33176905
1Agreed - Accepting Jesus Christ at His Word is Sufficient - Release the Adultress to Jesus Christ's Judgment [87 words]M. ToveyAug 31, 2010 18:10176905
2Prejudiced vision [96 words]Ghulam Muhammed, MumbaiAug 31, 2010 19:31176905
2absolutely [131 words]the Grand Infidel of KaffiristanSep 3, 2010 04:56176905
1Judging the words and deeds of Mohammad. [99 words]LynnSep 3, 2010 10:03176905
6Minor Difference - Non Issue [177 words]Jon AndersonAug 18, 2010 15:15176904
3I don't really see... [121 words]KatyAug 18, 2010 15:04176903
2Intellectualism and Islam??? [447 words]Lewis LoflinAug 18, 2010 22:57176903
3Political Correctness affecting honest intellectual behavior!! [113 words]JaladhiAug 23, 2010 09:51176903

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