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Islam, a flexible religion
Reader comment on item: Winston Churchill Compares "Mein Kampf" to the Koran
Submitted by Infidel (Canada), Feb 23, 2008 at 22:04
Dr. Pipes:
You state that "Muslims' understanding of their religion and scripture are potentially flexible". Since Muslims have not changed their belief of disagreed with any Suras' or Aya's of the Qur'an for 1,438 years, what prospects do you see that that Muslims are potentially flexible? Was there any flexiblity on Sept 11, 2001?
If you see flexiblity, why are we not seeing reduction of Muslim attacks, rather than an increase? Why is there such a killing spree in Iraq, where Sunnis and Shi'ites are killing each other?
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Daniel Pipes replies:
Muslim understanding of the Koran has definitely evolved over the nearly 1,400 years since it came into existence. One sign is the huge increase in violence in the name of Islam over the past thirty years.
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| Hit in the Arab world: "Mein Kampf" in the translation in Arabic - Arraba village [resraurant "Kalimat" - كلمات] [486 words] | O'neil | Jan 5, 2022 19:38 | 278020 | ||
| 1 | Planned destruction of the Jews in western mandated Palestine [84 words] | Bennie Cremer | Dec 15, 2020 06:42 | 262183 | |
| 2 | Spot on Churchill! [74 words] | MrPitch | Apr 19, 2010 15:04 | 171453 | |
| 1 | Churchill believed in The Protocols and The Jewish Conspiracy and called atheist Jews "malevolent evil" [397 words] | Aver | Dec 8, 2009 16:43 | 165516 | |
 Churchill Was a Great Leader, But He Was Not Perfect. [169 words] | Tom Dundee | Feb 27, 2010 17:12 | 165516 | ||
| 2 | You are wrong, read the full article [354 words] | You are wrong | Jul 28, 2010 14:04 | 165516 | |
| 1 | Mein Kampf = Koran [122 words] | D Molina | Dec 21, 2008 12:52 | 145588 | |
| Churchill and the Koran [111 words] | Tom Dundee | Feb 27, 2010 17:24 | 145588 | ||
| Think again! [473 words] | Maccabee | Jul 13, 2008 20:24 | 135007 | ||
| 1 | Truth hurts.. [98 words] | DONVAN | Dec 22, 2008 11:13 | 135007 | |
| Request for Dr. Pipes to explain his view on Islam [327 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Debbie | Apr 5, 2008 23:00 | 124793 | ||
| Wilders Film [17 words] | Ann | Mar 24, 2008 14:22 | 123511 | ||
| 6 | Islam teaches first degree murder in the Kuran (Surah 9.5 )and that is legitimate grounds for outlawing it! [166 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | McCarten | Mar 4, 2008 22:44 | 121760 | |
| Ignorance [18 words] | you are wrong | Apr 16, 2009 12:15 | 121760 | ||
| OLD Testament should always be seen through the lens of the NEW Testament [50 words] | Christian Militantis | Sep 7, 2009 22:24 | 121760 | ||
| divine direction [53 words] | abubakari sadik damalie | Apr 26, 2011 12:21 | 121760 | ||
| 2 | Another victim of Arabian imperialism from Africa [207 words] | dhimmi no more | Apr 27, 2011 15:59 | 121760 | |
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| 1 | What crimes did Pagan's do? [52 words] | Prashant | Oct 8, 2012 02:04 | 121760 | |
| not anymore [2 words] | jordan | Mar 18, 2013 08:52 | 121760 | ||
| Wrong [5 words] | Tim | Jul 20, 2013 10:25 | 121760 | ||
| What part of Churchill's comparison do you object to, Dr. Pipes? [35 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Wayne Wagner | Mar 4, 2008 13:13 | 121719 | ||
| It depends on what you hold sacred. [150 words] | Wayne Wagner | Mar 6, 2008 12:35 | 121719 | ||
| Jihad [157 words] | yuval brandstetter MD | Mar 7, 2008 02:40 | 121719 | ||
| Winston Churchill..... What an example to give [56 words] | Amin Riaz | Mar 3, 2008 19:36 | 121662 | ||
| "The River War" [260 words] | Onesimus | Mar 1, 2008 21:13 | 121521 | ||
| But the Koran Calls for the Death of Non-Muslims - i.e. Most of Britain [128 words] | Nancy Drew | Mar 1, 2008 04:55 | 121474 | ||
| The proof is in deeds !.. and not in the words of the Koran ! [187 words] | troy | Feb 28, 2008 05:00 | 121291 | ||
| Jokers are in all ages [219 words] | Mansoor | Feb 26, 2008 03:02 | 121105 | ||
| Mansoor's hypocrisy [338 words] | Jaladhi | Feb 26, 2008 18:47 | 121105 | ||
| "Mein Kampf" is anti-Semtic, and so is the Qur'an [198 words] | jennifer solis | Feb 26, 2008 23:00 | 121105 | ||
| run away from pakistan [86 words] | thomas | Feb 27, 2008 12:48 | 121105 | ||
| hypocrisy upon hypocrisy [867 words] | Amin Riaz | Mar 4, 2008 18:57 | 121105 | ||
| 1 | Stay in Pakistan [147 words] | Sully | Mar 5, 2008 08:48 | 121105 | |
| Churchill was right: " Right to Return " to Truth. [15 words] | Simon Néhmé | Feb 25, 2008 15:25 | 121049 | ||
| 1 | Mein Kamph and Koran Comparison [30 words] | Mike | Feb 24, 2008 07:32 | 120951 | |
| 2 | Historical true [110 words] | Bennie Cremer | Dec 15, 2020 07:10 | 120951 | |
| My Jihad? [15 words] | Aaron | Feb 23, 2008 22:11 | 120920 | ||
 Islam, a flexible religion [88 words]w/response from Daniel Pipes | Infidel | Feb 23, 2008 22:04 | 120919 | ||
| Islam, flexibility of religious violence [274 words] | Vijay | Feb 25, 2008 13:09 | 120919 | ||
| violence of the fundamentalists [310 words] | Engelbrekt | Mar 3, 2008 14:34 | 120919 | ||
| koran is not flexible [251 words] | R_not | Mar 4, 2008 10:33 | 120919 | ||
| 1 | Why the west is against Islam [154 words] | Abdul Mahmoud | Feb 23, 2008 12:27 | 120869 | |
| Abd al-Mahmoud and the Qur'an [723 words] | dhimmi no more | Feb 24, 2008 07:01 | 120869 | ||
| question and abandon islam. [74 words] | thomas | Feb 24, 2008 16:05 | 120869 | ||
| The Koranic Challenge [172 words] | Paul R. | Feb 25, 2008 12:29 | 120869 | ||
| You are right, mahmoud [59 words] | Vijay | Feb 25, 2008 13:16 | 120869 | ||
| 1 | Open your eyes [83 words] | Rebecca Moulds | Feb 25, 2008 21:25 | 120869 | |
| 1 | You're outraged? Really? [146 words] | Darrell | Feb 29, 2008 12:35 | 120869 | |
| why Abdul Mahmoud is wrong [152 words] | matt | Mar 1, 2008 15:42 | 120869 | ||
| Should we ban Islam and the Qur'an? The answer is: No [52 words] | dhimmi no more | Feb 23, 2008 07:20 | 120848 | ||
| Bad Comparison [183 words] | Alex | Feb 22, 2008 16:09 | 120803 | ||
| 1 | Lets just be honest about Islam [102 words] | Mark G | Feb 22, 2008 10:37 | 120788 | |
| kosovo [56 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | concerned | Feb 22, 2008 06:55 | 120779 | ||
| Kosovo different [93 words] | Vijay | Feb 23, 2008 16:58 | 120779 | ||
| Islam Has Everything To Do With [261 words] | skmiller | Feb 25, 2008 10:17 | 120779 | ||
| Kosovo is related because it shows the fecklessness of US policy [161 words] | Sully | Feb 29, 2008 01:23 | 120779 | ||
| Kosovo [164 words] | Ann | Mar 4, 2008 13:56 | 120779 | ||
| 1 | Churchill's struggle [209 words] | Rebecca Moulds | Feb 21, 2008 21:13 | 120756 | |
| 1 | Apt comparison [86 words] | Vijay | Feb 24, 2008 03:45 | 120756 | |
| A question of opportunity [110 words] | Jon | Feb 25, 2008 12:25 | 120756 | ||
| Precisely . . . [143 words] | Rebecca Moulds | Feb 25, 2008 21:14 | 120756 | ||
| Expert of political correctness [23 words] | d molina | Dec 21, 2008 18:26 | 120756 | ||
| No, thanks [27 words] | Rebecca Moulds | Dec 21, 2008 18:54 | 120756 | ||
| Just saying personal feelings [17 words] | infidel | Sep 18, 2015 10:55 | 120756 |
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