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Islam: a theocratic religion
Reader comment on item: Once considered anti-Islam, senior scholar says he's now in the middle
in response to reader comment: Islam in America
Submitted by Gary Greer (United States), Aug 19, 2010 at 11:52
Islam is both a religious view and a theocratic form of government. Its law, the Shariah, advocates only a theocratic government. Thus, while a democracy may tolerate Islam, Islam cannot tolerate democracy unless its fundamental laws are abrogated. Abrogation of the Sharia is apostasy, a capital crime punishable by death.
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| Diversity is the name of the game [267 words] | Mike Franklin | Jan 23, 2013 14:56 | 202755 | ||
| 3 | Moderate Muslims [170 words] | John Nosser | Oct 13, 2010 15:26 | 179234 | |
| 9 | Islam and the message [791 words] | dhimmi no more | Sep 5, 2010 07:34 | 177695 | |
| 1 |  Stop the training of Jihad [163 words] | Sal | Oct 5, 2010 08:01 | 177695 | |
| 2 | Well said [313 words] | Olcay | Jun 23, 2011 18:12 | 177695 | |
| Islam and its victims [64 words] | dhimmi no more | Jun 23, 2011 19:19 | 177695 | ||
| What is the scholarly reference for this claim of yours. [62 words] | Bertan Atalay | Nov 6, 2013 18:05 | 177695 | ||
| 1 | About Islam : a theory, why NOT? [2624 words] | alessandro albore | Aug 30, 2010 07:08 | 177448 | |
| 3 | Radical Islamic tribalism worse than third reich of Hitler [171 words] | Muslimk*** | Aug 29, 2010 08:24 | 177418 | |
| 6 | DILEMMA ! [129 words] | Ange Michel MURANGWA | Aug 26, 2010 20:01 | 177327 | |
| 78 | Islam is a matter of concentration [107 words] | Big B | Aug 23, 2010 11:14 | 177146 | |
| 2 | Islam is not good for society in any concentration!!! [222 words] | Jaladhi | Sep 5, 2010 08:11 | 177146 | |
| 2 | And the answer is.... [56 words] | yuval Brandstetter MD | Sep 7, 2010 17:08 | 177146 | |
| Some viruses are harmful in small or big number [17 words] | Ravi Ranjan Singh Bharat Panthi | May 17, 2011 06:49 | 177146 | ||
| 1 | You are hypocrites [84 words] | AAA | Sep 10, 2011 05:44 | 177146 | |
| 6 | The 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 Haskiya | Aug 23, 2010 07:42 | 177132 | |
| 2 | Sharia in action [658 words] | Ghulam Muhammed, Mumbai | Aug 23, 2010 20:46 | 177132 | |
| 1 | In the West , freedom comes before religion, Islam included. Good or bad is what you do with it! [355 words] | Isaac Haskiya | Aug 27, 2010 03:50 | 177132 | |
| 4 | Moderate Islam is the solution? [60 words] | J Pappas | Aug 22, 2010 11:27 | 177094 | |
| 8 | There is no Moderate" Islam - it's only a figment of imagination of Muslim, Muslim apologists, and inteelectual experts!!! [65 words] | Jaladhi | Aug 23, 2010 10:09 | 177094 | |
| Re: there is no moderate Islam. [63 words] | J Pappas | Aug 26, 2010 23:12 | 177094 | ||
| Moderate Islam [93 words] | Sanity | Aug 29, 2010 09:30 | 177094 | ||
| 3 | There is no moderate Islam - only a figment of imaginatin!!! [369 words] | Jaladhi | Aug 29, 2010 15:21 | 177094 | |
| 5 | Open your eyes and think for yourself to learn the truth about islam!!! [420 words] | Jaladhi | Aug 30, 2010 15:17 | 177094 | |
| 1 | 100 years ago in Turkey [142 words] | Jason Pappas | Aug 30, 2010 21:45 | 177094 | |
| 3 | I still say : there is no moderate Islam and no moderate Muslim!!! [199 words] | Jaladhi | Aug 31, 2010 18:19 | 177094 | |
| 2 | Islam is islam [134 words] | btilly | Sep 1, 2010 05:00 | 177094 | |
| 4 | Have you forgotten Armenian Genocide committed by "moderate" Muslim Turkey??? [185 words] | Jaladhi | Sep 1, 2010 14:29 | 177094 | |
| 1 | moderate islam?moderate communist? [172 words] | rw | Sep 3, 2010 05:19 | 177094 | |
| 1 | Ataturk was a nationalist not an Islamist [276 words] | Jason Pappas | Sep 6, 2010 22:07 | 177094 | |
| 3 | Islam and its after effects [137 words] | Dr. O. P. Sudrania | Aug 20, 2010 12:56 | 177016 | |
| 2 | A Question [496 words] | Ron Thompson | Aug 21, 2010 22:47 | 177016 | |
| 4 | Understand Our Concern [115 words] | Leonard Markowitz | Aug 20, 2010 08:43 | 177007 | |
| 4 | unsophisticated tone [134 words] | rw | Aug 20, 2010 05:27 | 177004 | |
| nuanced solidarity [125 words] | Ralph H Sidway | Aug 19, 2010 19:54 | 176995 | ||
| 2 | Disappointment [44 words] | PezDispenser | Aug 19, 2010 17:40 | 176989 | |
| 6 | Comments on Washington Post article [212 words] | Gloria Stewart | Aug 19, 2010 17:33 | 176988 | |
| 2 | Oh well, risks of being unsophisticated!!! [50 words] | Jaladhi | Aug 24, 2010 19:49 | 176988 | |
| 4 | Is There Really a "Middle" on this Issue? [344 words] | Ron Thomposon | Aug 19, 2010 16:01 | 176983 | |
| Dr. Pipes has changed viewpoints and possibly History. [162 words] | Anne-USA | Aug 19, 2010 16:00 | 176982 | ||
| My vote for Dr. Pipes [41 words] | Ghulam Muhammed, Mumbai | Aug 28, 2010 04:11 | 176982 | ||
| 5 | my problem with islam is the murder, rape, stealing, and world domination attempts. [46 words] | Phil Greend | Aug 19, 2010 13:24 | 176977 | |
| 1 | Maybe we are learning [125 words] | Joe Six-Pack | Aug 19, 2010 10:54 | 176974 | |
| How do you differ? [30 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Frank Vosler | Aug 19, 2010 09:36 | 176969 | ||
| 3 | I think there is an element of Islam that WANTS and NEEDs war. [509 words] | Lynn | Aug 19, 2010 08:38 | 176965 | |
| Not relevant [202 words] | Daniel Teeboom | Aug 19, 2010 08:13 | 176964 | ||
| complex [189 words] | myth | Aug 19, 2010 07:48 | 176963 | ||
| 3 | I do not agree with Daniel's concept of possible "evolution" of islam [88 words] | zed | Aug 19, 2010 03:19 | 176953 | |
| The Golden Age [64 words] | Barry Black | Aug 30, 2010 14:30 | 176953 | ||
| 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. Tovey | Aug 31, 2010 16:38 | 176953 | ||
| 1 | everything is changing and adapting [82 words] | baker sares | Nov 17, 2010 12:59 | 176953 | |
| you aren't serious [78 words] | joy | Dec 21, 2010 14:42 | 176953 | ||
| 2 | The fight for free speech [90 words] | Cherif El-Ayouty | Aug 19, 2010 03:12 | 176952 | |
| 23 | Islam vs. "Radical Islam" [823 words] | Edward Cline | Aug 18, 2010 22:29 | 176940 | |
| 2 | Islam is all radical!!! [218 words] | Jaladhi | Aug 23, 2010 16:41 | 176940 | |
| 1 | Religion and the Mind [304 words] | Robert | Aug 25, 2010 14:06 | 176940 | |
| 1 | Internal Conflict in Islam? [484 words] | Edward Cline | Aug 26, 2010 21:37 | 176940 | |
| 2 | Very intelligent post by Edward Cline [256 words] | Rajeev | Aug 28, 2010 01:25 | 176940 | |
| 1 | Concurrence concerning nature of Islam [148 words] | Edward Cline | Aug 29, 2010 20:37 | 176940 | |
| Perspective [192 words] | James S. Oppenheim | Aug 18, 2010 21:15 | 176938 | ||
| Daniel, you need to follow up with your own post on this. [271 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | John | Aug 18, 2010 18:13 | 176925 | ||
| Big Distinction Indeed [114 words] | Bob Hoffman | Aug 18, 2010 17:13 | 176918 | ||
| Nuance is the only hope [421 words] | John W. McGinley | Aug 18, 2010 16:45 | 176914 | ||
| Nature of the problem [16 words] | LindaK | Aug 18, 2010 16:35 | 176913 | ||
| Pipes is substantial [97 words] | David H. Partington | Aug 18, 2010 16:12 | 176911 | ||
| The distinction is, indeed, important, Ms. Boorstein. [109 words] | Michael Joyce | Aug 18, 2010 15:35 | 176908 | ||
| Wilders is no rightist [107 words] | Gerry Philip Mok | Aug 18, 2010 15:34 | 176907 | ||
| 13 | Islam in America [133 words] | J.Kowalik | Aug 18, 2010 15:27 | 176905 | |
| 2 | Who is afraid of Islam? [137 words] | Ghulam Muhammed, Mumbai | Aug 18, 2010 20:21 | 176905 | |
| 4 |  Islam: a theocratic religion [50 words] | Gary Greer | Aug 19, 2010 11:52 | 176905 | |
| 2 | Delusional!!! [82 words] | Jaladhi | Aug 23, 2010 09:59 | 176905 | |
| 2 | There is No Fear of Islam Where There is the Love of Almighty God of the Bible [671 words] | M. Tovey | Aug 23, 2010 19:20 | 176905 | |
| 2 | Islam's Abrahamic heritage [86 words] | Ghulam Muhammed, Mumbai | Aug 23, 2010 19:38 | 176905 | |
| 1 | Viewing islam with a perfect lens [75 words] | Bernie | Aug 24, 2010 03:03 | 176905 | |
| 1 | Stll delusional!!! [76 words] | Jaladhi | Aug 24, 2010 20:36 | 176905 | |
| reply to Ghulam [118 words] | csy | Aug 25, 2010 02:43 | 176905 | ||
| 4 | passing judgement on the absurd. [234 words] | the Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan | Aug 25, 2010 06:43 | 176905 | |
| 3 | A funny thing happened on the way to Israel. [97 words] | Lynn | Aug 25, 2010 08:34 | 176905 | |
| 2 | Abraham's Legacy and our Heritage is His Faith In Almighty God Through His Savior, Just as Jesus Christ Said. [511 words] | M. Tovey | Aug 25, 2010 19:25 | 176905 | |
| 2 | Stoning of Adulterous [215 words] | Ghulam Muhammed, Mumbai | Aug 26, 2010 19:24 | 176905 | |
| 4 | spirit of tolerance [830 words] | the Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan | Aug 28, 2010 09:50 | 176905 | |
| 4 | change?? [524 words] | the Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan | Aug 29, 2010 02:35 | 176905 | |
| 1 | Missing Jesus Christ's Expression of Heavenly Love - Forgiveness and the Grace of Almighty God [96 words] | M. Tovey | Aug 29, 2010 19:33 | 176905 | |
| 2 | Islamism's comparison with Nazism is not entirely correct [186 words] | Rajeev | Aug 29, 2010 22:11 | 176905 | |
| Debate for the sake of debates leads to no constructive end. [29 words] | Ghulam Muhammed, Mumbai | Aug 30, 2010 20:23 | 176905 | ||
| 1 | Understanding. [216 words] | Lynn | Aug 31, 2010 08:33 | 176905 | |
| 1 | Agreed - Accepting Jesus Christ at His Word is Sufficient - Release the Adultress to Jesus Christ's Judgment [87 words] | M. Tovey | Aug 31, 2010 18:10 | 176905 | |
| 2 | Prejudiced vision [96 words] | Ghulam Muhammed, Mumbai | Aug 31, 2010 19:31 | 176905 | |
| 2 | absolutely [131 words] | the Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan | Sep 3, 2010 04:56 | 176905 | |
| 1 | Judging the words and deeds of Mohammad. [99 words] | Lynn | Sep 3, 2010 10:03 | 176905 | |
| 6 | Minor Difference - Non Issue [177 words] | Jon Anderson | Aug 18, 2010 15:15 | 176904 | |
| 3 | I don't really see... [121 words] | Katy | Aug 18, 2010 15:04 | 176903 | |
| 2 | Intellectualism and Islam??? [447 words] | Lewis Loflin | Aug 18, 2010 22:57 | 176903 | |
| 3 | Political Correctness affecting honest intellectual behavior!! [113 words] | Jaladhi | Aug 23, 2010 09:51 | 176903 |
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