Islam, Anthem, Citizenship :: Reader comments at Daniel Pipes

Submitted by Alan Silverman (United States), Jul 17, 2011 at 08:20

You mention that a basketball player refused to stand for the national anthem. Several years ago I was in the taxi of a lunatic Iranian cab driver in DC, who believed Bahai, Mormons, and other infidels who worship a prophet later than Muhammad must all be killed. He would not become a citizen despite his many years' US residence, because he could not swear to uphold the Constitution since it guarantees religious freedom.

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	United States of America - The Modern Pharaoh [100 words]	Abdallah	Aug 13, 2012 06:01	197874
	That'd actually make it easier for actual jihadists to kill americans. They'd be armed. [42 words]	Anon	Aug 12, 2012 21:05	197862
2	Most disturbing aside from the usual terrorism stuff [42 words]	sara	Aug 12, 2012 20:08	197860
1	Shades of Hannibal Lecter [29 words]	Dave	Aug 12, 2012 19:25	197857
1	He gets a secret + clearance in the Army? [98 words]	John	Jul 12, 2012 19:24	197198
4	"I don't see that, from the Islamic point of view" [173 words]	Ahmed	Jul 10, 2012 17:55	197132
2	So called racism in the US Army [199 words]	Shishir	Aug 1, 2011 07:33	187894
2	More due to being a result of a broken family [169 words]	Shishir	Aug 1, 2011 07:22	187893
4	Why so much sex offences? [320 words]	dr med Michael Koch	Aug 2, 2011 09:08	187893
	A deranged boy [32 words]	Moshe	Aug 2, 2011 09:12	187893
	WHAT 'S YOUR OPINION [19 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	ABDO	Jul 25, 2011 07:39	187680
7	Can a Muslim be a Loyal American Soldier. I say no, Not as long as they Serve Allah. [141 words]	Anne	Jul 21, 2011 10:41	187601
	You didn't read [12 words]	ABDO	Jul 25, 2011 07:35	187601
4	Not as long as the serve Allah- response to ABDO [45 words]	Anne	Jul 25, 2011 19:13	187601
9	al-munafiq al-kabeer [128 words]	dhimmi no more	Jul 26, 2011 14:39	187601
1	Pfc Abdo is a perfect fit to be CAIR's public relations manager! [217 words]	Prashant	Jul 18, 2011 00:14	187522
3	Muslim loyalty [78 words]	Philip Smeeton	Jul 17, 2011 13:44	187510
3	Muslim Loyalty [38 words]	Nenette Grunberg	Jul 19, 2011 10:56	187510
	WHAT IS THE TITLE HERE?? [8 words]	ABDO	Jul 25, 2011 07:33	187510
9	Ignorance and hypocrisy [44 words]	dhimmi no more	Jul 26, 2011 08:09	187510
1	Can a Muslim be a loyal American Soldier? [130 words]	Nenette Grunberg	Jul 17, 2011 13:18	187507
	IS THERE?? [7 words]	ABDO	Jul 25, 2011 07:30	187507
7	The real Egyptians are not the wannabe Arabs like our dear Abdo [93 words]	dhimmi no more	Jul 26, 2011 14:29	187507
1	Is there [115 words]	Nenette Grunberg	Jul 28, 2011 15:57	187507
7	A violation of military regs [146 words]	Dean M.	Jul 17, 2011 12:57	187506
1	War, Islam and Abdo [24 words]	Steven L	Jul 17, 2011 12:56	187504
4	Muslims in the US Army [92 words]	Anil K. Sarkar. MD	Jul 17, 2011 12:13	187499
2	Perversion of the chanin of command. Abdo tries to build an American Hiz'b'allah [227 words]	Abu Nudnik	Jul 17, 2011 11:55	187496
2	Then, Why the heck did he join the Army in the first place? [57 words]	Pazuzu	Jul 17, 2011 11:28	187492
	Thoughts on Abdo [318 words]	Sigmund Derman	Aug 22, 2012 10:28	187492
	All that aside, Abdo had set a major precedent [111 words]	sara	Aug 22, 2012 17:16	187492
	Islam, Anthem, Citizenship [73 words]	Alan Silverman	Jul 17, 2011 08:20	187481
	That guy was not a true Iranian [46 words]	Kourosh	Dec 24, 2011 02:16	187481
3	Pipes' wishful thinking? [462 words]	John in Michigan, USA	Jul 17, 2011 08:17	187480