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Reader comment on item: Another Islamist Soldier Turns Terrorist in Texas
Submitted by jd (United States), Aug 2, 2011 at 10:49
Daniel Pipes, while being an admittedly gifted scholar ... I have repeatedly read that he thinks that careful screening, presumably by savvy bureaucrats, can distiguish between radical and moderate Muslims. Bosh!
Our bureaucrats have squandered trillions chasing dreams of moderate Muslim Nirvana in Iraq and Afghanistan; the CIA calls the Muslim Brotherhood secular, and you think those nudniks can deploy an army of TSA-like screeners to sift out the terrorists? LOL!
Plus, the example of this very recruit in this essay shows that yesterday's moderate can become today's jihadi, either by religiosity or concealment.
Every Muslim is a potential jihadi.
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| Islam values [83 words] | spinnacher | Sep 4, 2011 11:16 | 189087 | ||
| 24 | Why are we allowing in any more muslim immigrants ? [22 words] | Phil Greene | Aug 19, 2011 00:40 | 188492 | |
| 6 |  Food for thought for West [1448 words] | Ravi Ranjan Singh Bharat Panthi | Aug 23, 2011 12:34 | 188492 | |
| Its Only Propaganda against Islam [266 words] | Bilawal | Aug 11, 2011 07:41 | 188292 | ||
| 4 | Bilawal, hold on here [221 words] | DEBORAH THE JUDGE | Aug 13, 2011 00:50 | 188292 | |
| 19 | Bilawal, Stop This Taqiyya Victimhood [1661 words] | Nur el Masih Ben Haq | Aug 14, 2011 23:48 | 188292 | |
| 5 | Hypocrisy of Converted people [219 words] | Muslimk*** | Aug 20, 2011 02:11 | 188292 | |
| a true muslim [288 words] | aminkhan | Aug 22, 2011 02:27 | 188292 | ||
| 6 | Remember Saraagarhi [19 words] | Dost | Aug 23, 2011 12:12 | 188292 | |
| 22 | woman is your weapon, burqa is to mess up with women [37 words] | historian | Aug 23, 2011 12:21 | 188292 | |
| 2 | Justification ... [22 words] | Ravi Ranjan Singh Bharat Panthi | Aug 23, 2011 13:47 | 188292 | |
| They are no match [20 words] | Deen | Aug 24, 2011 14:04 | 188292 | ||
| Animists ... [159 words] | Muslimk*** | Sep 18, 2011 03:25 | 188292 | ||
| islamist soldier [240 words] | Dan | Aug 9, 2011 12:04 | 188224 | ||
| Argument for a Muslim organisation with some new name and good conditions upon membership [244 words] | Demsci | Aug 7, 2011 06:02 | 188145 | ||
| 5 | WESTERN ATHEISM IS THE WORST THREAT TO WESTERN AND GLOBAL SECURITY! [720 words] | Nur el Masih Ben Haq | Aug 7, 2011 03:07 | 188140 | |
| 1 | Islamic Terrorism [128 words] | Muslimk*** | Aug 6, 2011 01:20 | 188098 | |
| 14 | It's normal! [106 words] | oostIndische | Aug 5, 2011 11:13 | 188058 | |
| You confirm that Islam is incompatible. [98 words] | Moshe | Aug 6, 2011 16:18 | 188058 | ||
| Confirmation [129 words] | oostIndische | Aug 7, 2011 15:03 | 188058 | ||
| Words and Deeds [295 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Prof.Paul Eidelberg | Aug 5, 2011 10:54 | 188057 | ||
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| Mark D- yea, actions are what counts [24 words] | sara | Aug 6, 2011 20:15 | 188057 | ||
| 1 | Major conflict here [98 words] | DEBORAH THE JUDGE | Aug 11, 2011 00:36 | 188057 | |
| Scrutiny [55 words] | Mark D. | Aug 2, 2011 23:43 | 187974 | ||
| Islam and Military [25 words] | Mark D. | Aug 2, 2011 23:33 | 187973 | ||
| Bravo [25 words] | Mark D. | Aug 2, 2011 23:22 | 187971 | ||
| 5 | Equality of religions for all [87 words] | pchowdhury | Aug 2, 2011 17:32 | 187969 | |
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| 1 |  No You Can't [100 words] | jd | Aug 2, 2011 10:49 | 187954 | |
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| Muslims in the military [82 words] | Florence Cohen | Aug 2, 2011 10:35 | 187952 | ||
| 1 | War, Islam and Abdo [90 words] | Steven L | Aug 2, 2011 10:27 | 187950 | |
| 1 | War, Islam and Abdo [116 words] | steven L | Aug 2, 2011 10:16 | 187949 | |
| A larger issue: civilian government and chain of command [63 words] | Abu Nudnik | Aug 2, 2011 09:12 | 187946 | ||
| This guy is nuts! [110 words] | Moshe | Aug 2, 2011 08:39 | 187944 | ||
| 2 | Condescension [88 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Prof. Paul Eidelberg | Aug 2, 2011 07:57 | 187943 | |
| Behaviour [76 words] | Mark D. | Aug 5, 2011 11:17 | 187943 | ||
| 1 | Wrong [35 words] | mac | Aug 2, 2011 05:29 | 187933 | |
| 1 | reply [122 words] | politismart | Aug 2, 2011 03:51 | 187931 | |
| What about his "Facebook "Friends"? [14 words] | Edward | Aug 2, 2011 01:38 | 187925 | ||
| 1 | Isn't this really an example of "special status" [120 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | John in Michigan, USA | Aug 2, 2011 00:47 | 187924 | |
| 10 | Moslems in the USA military, no good [44 words] | NuritG | Aug 1, 2011 23:44 | 187923 | |
| 1 | Disease is disease, in military or civil. [7 words] | Ravi Ranjan Singh Bharat Panthi | Aug 23, 2011 13:14 | 187923 | |
| 1 | incompatible [6 words] | Rowane | Aug 1, 2011 23:10 | 187921 | |
| 6 | These Muslims should leave America too. [44 words] | Munaeem | Aug 1, 2011 22:59 | 187918 | |
| 3 | What is the cause of Islamophobia? [42 words] | Ed | Aug 1, 2011 22:57 | 187917 | |
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