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Submitted by Rebecca Moulds (United States), Oct 23, 2010 at 08:48

I see Islam as a religion or ideology with little confidence to live in the modern world. Its precepts don't seem to gel with the 21st Century. Insisting on being bogged down in a mire of their own making has stalled their progress. Their own beliefs have caused an inability to make concessions to other beliefs, resulting in a nearly world-wide condemnation of their religion, at least from the West. In a nutshell, Dr. Pipes has described what Islam is and what is isn't; its glory days were in the past, and its future isn't certain. That he believes Islam can once again be the power that it was, is truly optimistic, but perhaps a little unrealistic, given the facts before us and the history behind us. How anyone can be drawn into Islam and embrace it wholeheartedly, is beyond my comprehension. I see Islam as the bully who threatens those whom they consider weaker; if you don't overpower the bullies of this world, they will continue to cause fear, and by their bullying and violent methods, force submission from their victims. Who wants or needs this?

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Title Commenter Date Thread
1Establsihment Malfeasance [112 words]SusanOct 23, 2010 22:03179584
To be or not to be [187 words]Rebecca MouldsOct 23, 2010 08:48179570
When Islam takes over Europe [158 words]David GoshenOct 23, 2010 07:06179564
it could be much worse [83 words]mythOct 24, 2010 15:56179564
When Islam takes over Europe [28 words]Steve HengMay 28, 2013 03:29179564
A specia message for Mr Pipes. [313 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
MichaelOct 23, 2010 06:29179563
2Thank you [108 words]Kevin SparksOct 22, 2010 11:31179537
An Excellent Overview [39 words]RobinOct 22, 2010 02:12179534
islamification in the west [74 words]wendykOct 22, 2010 01:56179533
14Have you had enough of Islam? I have! [258 words]NuritGOct 22, 2010 01:38179532
2I Too Have Had Enough [139 words]Dan RusenOct 22, 2010 18:56179532
The Travails of Modern Islam and a Solution to the Violence [137 words]DianaOct 21, 2010 16:47179525
1Western nations do not control immigration [416 words]SusanOct 24, 2010 20:50179525
1Mass murder of Islamists largely ignored because our ox wasn't gored [219 words]Wallace Edward BrandOct 21, 2010 16:04179522
The Travails of Modern Islam [88 words]steven LOct 21, 2010 16:04179521
Islamism [128 words]Dan RusenOct 21, 2010 15:23179520
1The Travails of Modern Islam. Watch them push extra hard now for their agenda. [199 words]Anne-USAOct 21, 2010 13:38179518

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