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How a "Moderate" becomes an Islamist
Reader comment on item: Identifying Moderate Muslims
Submitted by Darwin Barrett (United States), Nov 27, 2004 at 14:12
The conversion process is very simple. The Islamists show up at the Mosque with the AK-47s and explain their version of the "true" nature of Islam. The most vocal opposers are shot. It doesn't take long for the rest to convert.
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| 1 | All Islam is Flawed but even more so for those who blindly believe it literally [243 words] | Sanam | Jan 2, 2016 19:59 | 227429 | |
| Oxymoron [35 words] | Ceen | Sep 19, 2010 17:07 | 178437 | ||
| 1 |  True Oxymoron!!! [52 words] | Jaladhi | Sep 20, 2010 14:23 | 178437 | |
| 4 | Moderate Muslim = Murtad [92 words] | Naeemah | Oct 25, 2008 14:28 | 140974 | |
| What do "moderates" say about Qu'ran 2.221? [178 words] | HS | Aug 28, 2008 12:24 | 137561 | ||
| Hypocrisy [145 words] | Ammar | Dec 2, 2008 13:50 | 137561 | ||
| 4 | Let sleeping....... [497 words] | Ilmy | Feb 21, 2009 21:09 | 137561 | |
| Aethists would save the world [669 words] | Sam | Oct 31, 2009 17:36 | 137561 | ||
| Civilizing Effect of Muslim Rule in India [127 words] | Buddha | Mar 7, 2011 04:51 | 137561 | ||
| Provide reference [40 words] | Christopher | Mar 24, 2012 23:08 | 137561 | ||
| 2 | Moderate Muslims [179 words] | Guy Macher | May 31, 2008 22:03 | 130705 | |
| 2 | "My body is a book made of skin and bones, where a strong desire for freedom of speech, freedom of religion and democracy is carved into it." [941 words] | Rochelle E. Michaels | Jul 17, 2008 13:58 | 130705 | |
| Response to Rochelle Michaels [64 words] | Guy Macher | Jul 31, 2008 16:32 | 130705 | ||
| "...My body is a book made of skin and bones, where a strong desire for freedom of speech, freedom of religion and democracy is carved into it...." [59 words] | Rochelle Michaels | Aug 1, 2008 20:01 | 130705 | ||
| My apologies [16 words] | Guy Macher | Aug 3, 2008 20:05 | 130705 | ||
| Response to Guy Macher [19 words] | Rochelle Michaels | Aug 4, 2008 14:22 | 130705 | ||
| Why be a Muslim if not all the way? [216 words] | Reva Holder | Oct 21, 2010 00:50 | 130705 | ||
| Why don't Muslims convert (reconvert)? [82 words] | Rochelle | Oct 22, 2010 19:53 | 130705 | ||
| The saddest part of all this... [579 words] | Abed Safah | Jan 6, 2008 21:29 | 117617 | ||
| reply to Abed Safah [62 words] | anom | Dec 15, 2008 14:05 | 117617 | ||
| To Abed Safa: you are almost right. [162 words] | Kurtlane | Nov 25, 2009 08:32 | 117617 | ||
| Questions for Abed [571 words] | Kurtlane | Nov 25, 2009 09:17 | 117617 | ||
| 2 | Reply to Kurtlane- Sorry it's 8 months later [450 words] | Abed Safah | Jun 29, 2010 17:10 | 117617 | |
| Sorry, it's 3 years later [168 words] | Kurtlane | Apr 21, 2013 05:12 | 117617 | ||
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| 2 | Problem with Moderate Islam [297 words] | William | Oct 20, 2007 12:04 | 112000 | |
| Sounds realistic to me! [238 words] | concernet | Nov 25, 2007 00:16 | 112000 | ||
| Would You Review? [1128 words] | William Pillow | Oct 2, 2007 09:54 | 110115 | ||
| Acceptance of Abraham and Jesus [340 words] | concerned | Nov 25, 2007 01:02 | 110115 | ||
| Muslims [71 words] | Mak | Aug 20, 2007 06:08 | 106554 | ||
| Moderate Muslims vs. Islam [266 words] | William | Oct 20, 2007 11:53 | 106554 | ||
| muslims as violent [74 words] | Daniel | Aug 7, 2007 23:20 | 105666 | ||
| Reform the Qur'an [24 words] | Mohammad | Jul 3, 2007 13:31 | 102799 | ||
| Reform the Qur'an [20 words] | sk | Dec 11, 2007 02:38 | 102799 | ||
| Moderate Moslems [58 words] | Kevin | Aug 16, 2006 10:05 | 53048 | ||
| How do you define a moderate Muslim? [145 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Naomi | Mar 14, 2006 16:01 | 40137 | ||
| Moderate Muslims Are Not the Problem [156 words] | Jim | Mar 14, 2006 20:28 | 40137 | ||
| 'moderate muslims' [135 words] | Runa | Jul 14, 2006 06:31 | 40137 | ||
| Moderate Muslim Definition [121 words] | Moderate Muslim Definition | Jul 15, 2006 00:51 | 40137 | ||
| Moderate Moslem Definition [121 words] | Peter Faulkes | Nov 5, 2006 17:51 | 40137 | ||
| Definition [50 words] | Ceen | Sep 19, 2010 19:40 | 40137 | ||
| Definitions... [590 words] | Sage DeMint | Nov 26, 2005 16:24 | 28869 | ||
| I appreciate your words SD, however.... [667 words] | No Dhimmi | Jan 9, 2006 10:54 | 28869 | ||
| some mischeifs,some misinterpretetion,some due to unjustice,some due to mishandling [341 words] | sohail saamir | Nov 15, 2005 13:03 | 28408 | ||
| A couple of corrections and alternatives [767 words] | Abed Safah | Aug 3, 2005 08:32 | 24271 | ||
| Confused of islam [89 words] | Paul | Aug 2, 2006 11:22 | 24271 | ||
| IS TERRORISM THE TRUE NATURE OF ISLAM [161 words] | H.V. SURYANARAYANA SHARMA | Jan 11, 2007 01:01 | 24271 | ||
| Both ends of the stick. [77 words] | concerned | Nov 25, 2007 01:17 | 24271 | ||
| 1 | the evil christian wars [217 words] | Andy | Jul 12, 2005 19:00 | 23415 | |
| Born a Jew? [86 words] | Matthew Stanton | Nov 28, 2006 21:22 | 23415 | ||
| doubtfull beginings lead to confusion. [125 words] | mushtaq | Jun 5, 2010 20:14 | 23415 | ||
| 11 | 800 years of Muslim rule in India [132 words] | Dev Purkayastha | Jul 11, 2005 17:39 | 23359 | |
| Re: 800 years of Muslim rule in India by reader Dev Purkayastha [12 words] | Rahul | Jan 26, 2007 03:55 | 23359 | ||
| unbelievable comment [18 words] | josehf | Dec 20, 2007 06:41 | 23359 | ||
| Rule of hatred [87 words] | Appayya Sastry | Feb 17, 2008 01:08 | 23359 | ||
| 800 years of muslim rule in India [18 words] | mubasher | Jul 30, 2009 10:12 | 23359 | ||
| 1 | acid truth [63 words] | ANIRUDDHA NAG | Sep 23, 2009 06:43 | 23359 | |
| the hindu destrucion by islamic rulers [110 words] | parameswaran | Oct 7, 2010 23:34 | 23359 | ||
| neutrality of thought [49 words] | saba rana | Jan 19, 2013 04:19 | 23359 | ||
| The Hindu Genocide revisited [105 words] | dhimmi no more | Jan 20, 2013 08:48 | 23359 | ||
| Muslim Rule in India [131 words] | Choudhury | Jul 16, 2013 01:54 | 23359 | ||
| Common sense [42 words] | Ibrahim k | Oct 21, 2013 10:06 | 23359 | ||
| I like your joke Ibrahim [268 words] | Anthony | Oct 29, 2016 12:19 | 23359 | ||
| Moderate Islam Litmus Test [158 words] | J. Warshal | Jan 28, 2005 10:52 | 19932 | ||
| Good work [210 words] | Mario Gonzales | Jan 2, 2005 16:18 | 19308 | ||
| Islam is still the problem [862 words] | John Murdock | Jan 1, 2005 17:23 | 19291 | ||
| Why is it always islam look at yourself first. [632 words] | shobokshy | Sep 2, 2007 18:22 | 19291 | ||
| It is more a modern ideological fight [112 words] | saes | Nov 19, 2007 01:14 | 19291 | ||
| Maybe there are "moderate" Muslims but... [166 words] | Greg G. | Dec 20, 2004 15:02 | 19050 | ||
| Wrong Greg.. [71 words] | The Doctor | Feb 20, 2007 02:32 | 19050 | ||
| Metamorphosis in Muslims [102 words] | Dr. B.Nathan | Dec 4, 2004 16:00 | 18857 | ||
| Hundred of Islamist sleepers active in Europe [107 words] | Oscar Laurens Schrover | Dec 4, 2004 09:43 | 18853 | ||
| Rasheed said: [136 words] | Report | Dec 3, 2004 19:33 | 18841 | ||
| Doubletalk by Islamist sympathisers [131 words] | visitor | Dec 1, 2004 17:25 | 18798 | ||
| Gullible Americans [366 words] | M. Wolf | Nov 30, 2004 12:00 | 18722 | ||
| Comments on post by M.Wolf [256 words] | Romesh Chander | Nov 30, 2004 19:56 | 18722 | ||
| Clarify please [112 words] | Kevin Murphy | Nov 30, 2004 10:15 | 18714 | ||
 How a "Moderate" becomes an Islamist [41 words] | Darwin Barrett | Nov 27, 2004 14:12 | 18673 | ||
| Islam is the Antithesis of Moderation [222 words] | Arlinda DeAngelis | Nov 27, 2004 11:56 | 18670 | ||
| What a joke [99 words] | Munir | Nov 27, 2004 09:43 | 18664 | ||
| 1 | Serious sustained research... [726 words] | Chris Stoess | Nov 26, 2004 11:29 | 18653 | |
| 1 | Response to Chris Stoess [100 words] | Vishal Verma | Feb 27, 2005 04:49 | 18653 | |
| How can I help? [44 words] | Fred Silva | Nov 25, 2004 22:15 | 18645 | ||
| History [479 words] | Sondjata Olatunji | Nov 25, 2004 15:24 | 18638 | ||
| Good Muslim-Bad Muslim [92 words] | James W. Dobbs | Nov 25, 2004 10:19 | 18627 | ||
| To Mr Dobbs [12 words] | D Ham | Feb 3, 2006 08:32 | 18627 | ||
| Moderate islam [34 words] | Milan | Nov 25, 2004 08:28 | 18625 | ||
| 1 | The problem is the interpretation of the Koran. Reform it. [183 words] | Marcos Berenstein | Nov 25, 2004 06:16 | 18620 | |
| A new book [27 words] | Ceen | Sep 19, 2010 17:15 | 18620 | ||
| No such thing as a moderate Islamist...... [292 words] | Warren Bacon | Nov 24, 2004 20:24 | 18608 | ||
| Thank you, Mr.Bacon! [59 words] | Marcos Berenstein | Nov 25, 2004 18:24 | 18608 | ||
| Yes,but... [97 words] | Roger Wilkinson | Nov 24, 2004 20:18 | 18607 | ||
| History repeating itself.. [242 words] | Dwayne Oxford | Nov 24, 2004 17:03 | 18596 | ||
| Talk is cheap [90 words] | David J. Bastyr | Nov 24, 2004 16:55 | 18595 | ||
| Reply to David [28 words] | Slim Shady | Feb 20, 2007 02:27 | 18595 | ||
| This Demo was just to please the German society [50 words] | A. Hofer | Nov 24, 2004 15:36 | 18593 | ||
| The hidden truth [102 words] | Han | Nov 24, 2004 13:15 | 18584 | ||
| Scholarship for intelligence [56 words] | Terry G. | Nov 24, 2004 13:02 | 18582 | ||
| Good work [9 words] | Susana | Nov 24, 2004 11:24 | 18580 | ||
| Moderates? [104 words] | Charles Chrisman | Nov 24, 2004 11:19 | 18578 | ||
| Where is the outrage? [64 words] | Edson Briggs | Nov 24, 2004 11:13 | 18577 | ||
| Are Muslims moderate? [139 words] | G.B. Hall | Nov 24, 2004 09:12 | 18575 | ||
| Moderate Moslems? [243 words] | Irene Faulkes | Nov 5, 2006 16:54 | 18575 | ||
| 1 | No such thing! [49 words] | Terry Passmore | Nov 24, 2004 08:23 | 18573 | |
| Moderate what? [4 words] | Whatshername | Feb 15, 2011 23:49 | 18573 | ||
| Islam is the problem... [137 words] | Alain Jean-Mairet | Nov 24, 2004 06:04 | 18572 | ||
| I admit to being skeptical too...to say the least! [523 words] | Robert Miller | Nov 24, 2004 02:48 | 18569 | ||
| Interesting but... [200 words] | Samir MOHAREB | Nov 23, 2004 22:05 | 18567 | ||
| Moderate Muslims [42 words] | Shlomo ben Avraham Pinhero | Nov 23, 2004 21:44 | 18566 | ||
| Moderate Muslims? [34 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Bob Fink | Nov 23, 2004 20:16 | 18563 | ||
| What did the King of Jordan say? [60 words] | Yolanda Canfield | Nov 23, 2004 19:51 | 18562 | ||
| Excellent [9 words] | Herb Stone | Nov 23, 2004 19:42 | 18561 | ||
| Keeping our guard up [109 words] | Juan Hovey | Nov 23, 2004 19:37 | 18560 | ||
| Isn't this a parallel case to: A rose, is a rose, is a rose? [120 words] | Yolanda Canfield | Nov 23, 2004 19:31 | 18557 | ||
| I'm sceptical... [68 words] | Timothy Jones | Nov 23, 2004 18:31 | 18555 | ||
| Agree with Arthur and Timothy [104 words] | Legun | Nov 23, 2004 21:03 | 18555 | ||
| Islamist's smokescreens in Germany / M-11 : M. for Morocco? [331 words] | Roberto M. L. | Nov 23, 2004 18:28 | 18554 | ||
| 2 | Al-Taqiyya is used universally by all Islamists. [120 words] | Vernon Richards | Nov 23, 2004 17:41 | 18553 | |
| The Qur'an is quite clear that lying to non-believers is permitted. [20 words] | Rahman | Jan 6, 2006 01:00 | 18553 | ||
| Looks like that could be true [1 words] | klew | Jan 24, 2006 15:41 | 18553 | ||
| Taqaiyya [61 words] | Nia Khan | Mar 31, 2006 17:23 | 18553 | ||
| Al-Taquiaa is used by All Moslems [128 words] | Russell Bonney | Nov 5, 2006 17:57 | 18553 | ||
| Al Taqiyya approved by Islam [96 words] | Anthony | Oct 29, 2016 12:43 | 18553 | ||
| Moderate Muslims? Let's not kid ourselves. [312 words] | Arthur McNight | Nov 23, 2004 16:12 | 18552 | ||
| 3 | Islamic virus [143 words] | Shashi Holla | Nov 29, 2006 03:48 | 18552 | |
| Why Fear and Hate? [281 words] | Joahd Toure | Jan 22, 2007 00:37 | 18552 | ||
| Well - actually I am not commenting - But I would like to get your father's email - He is an old friend of mine [38 words] | Raef | Jul 2, 2007 07:08 | 18552 |
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