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Reader comment on item: The Citizen of the 21st Century: How Far, How Fast?
Submitted by A. Ahmed (United States), Jul 23, 2002 at 18:28
Dr. Pipes, most of the times I agree with what you say in your writings. However I was amazed and shocked when you wrote that there is nothing in islam which is contradictory to democracy. I hope that it is just a politically correct statement by you and that you really do not believe it . Please read the article "Is Islam Compatible with Democracy" under Human Rights and Islam, by Dr. Ibn Warraq, at www.secularislam.org.Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments".
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| khilafat is islamic style democracy [100 words] | Syed Mohammad Ali | Jan 20, 2005 04:16 | 19786 | ||
 What nonsense [8 words] | Terry | Feb 19, 2007 17:41 | 19786 | ||
| For Syaed and his bogus Arabic and he ain't no Arab and another potential tourist to Mecca I mean Makkah [125 words] | dhimmi no more | Feb 20, 2007 07:29 | 19786 | ||
| Khilafah is islamic style democracy. [47 words] | Niyazi | Feb 14, 2008 04:55 | 19786 | ||
| purpose of Khilafat [80 words] | Abdul Ali | May 26, 2008 14:55 | 19786 | ||
| One can't exclude Politics from Khilafat [104 words] | Asif Shahzad | Jun 7, 2008 13:33 | 19786 | ||
| Khilafat considered in politics [144 words] | Abdul Ali | Jun 9, 2008 13:23 | 19786 | ||
| No open society-No democracy! [150 words] | Dan L. Nichols | Jul 22, 2004 13:55 | 16053 | ||
| islam, christanity and democracy... Reply to Sam TANIOS, July 19, 2002 [483 words] | fan | Jul 8, 2003 10:20 | 9921 | ||
| A Christian's point of view [143 words] | Fred Inglis | May 24, 2008 23:17 | 9921 | ||
| Turkey , Islam and Ataism [43 words] | Ronald Barlow | Feb 11, 2003 09:52 | 6540 | ||
| Islam IS and ISN'T compatible [296 words] | Waleed Shirzoi | Nov 22, 2002 16:55 | 4153 | ||
| Christianity [157 words] | Fred Inglis | May 27, 2008 21:55 | 4153 | ||
| Ignorance is bliss [394 words] | Iqbalur Rehman | Nov 22, 2002 06:25 | 4145 | ||
| Moderation can happen, but is not natural [68 words] | Henk Twerda | Aug 13, 2002 17:54 | 1843 | ||
| Turkey: fascistic, racist, tyrannic and extremely nationalistic! [291 words] | Christian Aramean | Aug 5, 2002 20:14 | 1637 | |
| Democracy and Islam....Hard Questions [184 words] | D. Walls | Jul 29, 2002 12:27 | 1466 | |
| An islamic nation with democracy [269 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | syam rudra | Jul 23, 2002 20:19 | 1407 | ||
|  Democracy and Islam [76 words] | A. Ahmed | Jul 23, 2002 18:28 | 1405 | |
| Thank you, Dr. Pipes! [50 words] | Ali Farshidi | Jul 22, 2002 09:47 | 1387 | |
| 1 | The ideal of self-government [83 words] | Steve Saaf | Jul 21, 2002 16:26 | 1383 |
| Islam and Democratization [368 words] | Kevin Donovan | Jul 21, 2002 06:44 | 1380 | |
| A clear and present danger [101 words] | Danny Bonca | Jul 20, 2002 20:57 | 1376 | |
| Correction to Ericson post [117 words] | Annette R. Floystrup | Jul 19, 2002 21:19 | 1370 | ||
| reviews site [30 words] | reviews site | Feb 10, 2007 19:22 | 1370 | ||
| 1 | Muslim Countries' Lack of Democracy [219 words] | Amy Mack | Jul 19, 2002 13:26 | 1361 | |
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| No democrcy in Islam [173 words] | F. Shawki | Jul 18, 2002 21:46 | 1347 | |
| read it [155 words] | muslim | May 13, 2006 04:39 | 1347 | ||
| democracy??? [13 words] | omer | Mar 12, 2009 15:41 | 1347 | ||
| don't surprise like that [378 words] | Hatem | Jun 25, 2009 19:22 | 1347 | ||
| human rights [209 words] | eelhoolla | Nov 29, 2009 07:33 | 1347 | ||
| Islam says WHAT??? [6 words] | This guy | Feb 10, 2010 15:17 | 1347 | ||
| 1 | Muslims & Democracy [217 words] | Gerald Gerjekian | Jul 18, 2002 20:19 | 1345 |
| Citizen of the 21st Century [141 words] | F.W. Thornton | Jul 18, 2002 19:55 | 1344 | |
| All is confusion [116 words] | Fred Inglis | May 26, 2008 19:34 | 1344 | ||
| Democracy and Islam [279 words] | James Sofko | Jul 18, 2002 19:42 | 1343 | |
| "Nations of Citizens" versus "Nations of Inhabitants" [83 words] | David Jacob | Jul 18, 2002 18:58 | 1341 | |
| Ah, and history of Islam says what? [274 words] | Sheerahkahn | Jul 18, 2002 18:34 | 1340 | |
| Are you sure there is nothing in Islam against Democracy? [544 words] | Karl Ericson | Jul 18, 2002 17:21 | 1338 | |
| Questions for Moslem Leaders [757 words] | YJ Draiman | Mar 28, 2011 09:59 | 1338 | ||
| Islam NOT compatible with democracy [269 words] | Tom Clear | Jul 18, 2002 16:00 | 1337 | |
| WOW! [44 words] | Howard L. Morry | Jul 18, 2002 15:43 | 1335 |
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