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Islam is a Political System
Reader comment on item: Moderate Islam: Western Ally or Western Myth?
Submitted by Dr Christian Chan (Philippines), Jan 3, 2010 at 18:48
From Asia: Growing up in China I was correctly taught Islam is a Political System not a religion. We were correctly taught without Political Correctness of the West that is in decline!
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Daniel Pipes replies:
Islam definitely is a religion; it can also be a political system.
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| The Hermetically Sealed suras [80 words] | Lawrence E. Alba | Feb 12, 2011 22:44 | 182586 | ||
| defeat the radicals and establish a reformed orthox branch as an attractor, the idea of doubt [422 words] | myth | Jan 14, 2010 17:53 | 167341 | ||
| Islam in Moderation [319 words] | Arlinda | Jan 12, 2010 09:14 | 167232 | ||
| 1 | Moderate Islam doesn't exist but no harm in being optimistic [611 words] | Amitabh Tripathi | Jan 12, 2010 03:52 | 167220 | |
| 2 | your debate with Wafa Sultan [1150 words] | E Wieger | Jan 6, 2010 19:39 | 166946 | |
| thanks [832 words] | Watcher | Jan 5, 2010 18:49 | 166878 | ||
| 1 |  Islam is a Political System [32 words]w/response from Daniel Pipes | Dr Christian Chan | Jan 3, 2010 18:48 | 166801 | |
 Question [9 words] | Peter Herz | Jan 14, 2010 11:21 | 166801 | ||
| 1 | The West's Wishful Thinking [78 words] | Zak | Jan 2, 2010 12:55 | 166729 | |
| Few problems [230 words] | VK Tiwari | Jan 2, 2010 01:35 | 166695 | ||
| Wishful thinking [125 words] | The Pouch | Jan 1, 2010 04:31 | 166655 | ||
| Moderate Islam: Western Ally or Western Myth? [58 words] | steven L | Dec 31, 2009 21:56 | 166644 | ||
| Re: Regarding the Debate [381 words] | Sudad Jawad | Dec 31, 2009 08:12 | 166616 | ||
| Islam and its future [1677 words] | dhimmi no more | Jan 3, 2010 09:12 | 166616 | ||
| Rewriting Islam [130 words] | Zak | Jan 4, 2010 12:28 | 166616 | ||
| but yet [38 words] | Dayyaan | Jan 25, 2010 10:15 | 166616 | ||
| Islam and the sira and other sordid things [159 words] | dhimmi no more | Jan 26, 2010 07:15 | 166616 | ||
| Madame Soltane [30 words] | Bibi Lapurée | Dec 30, 2009 14:09 | 166567 | ||
| Mohammed the mould [77 words] | Jim Beam | Dec 30, 2009 00:15 | 166521 | ||
| Two kinds of Islam [385 words] | P.K. | Dec 29, 2009 17:11 | 166506 | ||
| I fear Wafa S. is closer to the truth, but I see a way to synthesize your positions [152 words] | Charles Martel | Dec 29, 2009 16:00 | 166504 | ||
| Moderate Islam/Muslims, a myth created by Western Islamic apologists!!! [198 words] | Jaladhi | Dec 29, 2009 14:00 | 166495 | ||
| moderate Islam??? [171 words] | Paul Winter | Dec 29, 2009 08:02 | 166471 | ||
| Islam will moderate only when defanged [103 words] | yuval Brandstetter MD | Dec 30, 2009 16:28 | 166471 | ||
| reality [23 words] | Silvio Sperber | Dec 28, 2009 23:57 | 166448 | ||
| Great debate [159 words] | Rebecca Moulds | Dec 28, 2009 22:54 | 166439 | ||
| Is There Moderate Islam? [67 words] | Ilbert Phillips | Dec 28, 2009 22:46 | 166437 | ||
| Mr. Berg argued similarly [160 words] | Abu Nudnik | Dec 28, 2009 21:27 | 166430 | ||
| Islam can change [538 words] | Lady | Dec 28, 2009 20:50 | 166423 | ||
| dont teach islam [14 words] | bary soetoro | Dec 30, 2009 00:51 | 166423 | ||
| Judeo-Chrisitianity is just as bad [164 words] | Charles Ripley | Dec 30, 2009 19:02 | 166423 | ||
| Gus Dur: one of a moderate and good muslim [560 words] | Lady | Dec 30, 2009 22:57 | 166423 | ||
| According to the Bible Christians must kill.........????????? [310 words] | Jim Beam | Dec 31, 2009 17:39 | 166423 | ||
| Judeo-Christianity is just as bad [94 words] | Bernard Baird | Jan 8, 2010 07:12 | 166423 | ||
| Ajtp [9 words] | mustafa | Jan 16, 2010 03:07 | 166423 | ||
| Quran's verses versus "Moderation". [90 words] | Charles Griffith | Dec 28, 2009 20:43 | 166420 | ||
| Media is false [111 words] | Salma | Aug 10, 2014 22:52 | 166420 | ||
| Moderate Islam [123 words] | KEN PERLMAN | Dec 28, 2009 19:19 | 166406 | ||
| islamism [51 words] | rodney allsworth | Dec 28, 2009 18:56 | 166402 | ||
| To give a chance to moderate muslims to change their own brothers [159 words] | Lady | Dec 28, 2009 21:04 | 166402 | ||
| Thanks for the Update [36 words] | P V Ariel | Dec 28, 2009 23:51 | 166402 | ||
| Only one Islam - radical!!! [124 words] | Jaladhi | Dec 29, 2009 17:12 | 166402 | ||
| Muslim will change you [50 words] | bary soetoro | Dec 30, 2009 23:36 | 166402 | ||
| there is something to debate: authority [95 words] | myth | Jan 14, 2010 18:02 | 166402 | ||
| Myth: That is the problem [108 words] | Lady | Jan 17, 2010 05:16 | 166402 | ||
| Thinking [11 words] | Lady | Jan 17, 2010 19:32 | 166402 |
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