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Reader comment on item: Egypt's Sham Election
Submitted by Ugri (Finland), Dec 8, 2011 at 08:17
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'Of course every sentient thinking soul understands that Islam and democracy are utterly and profoundly incompatible'.
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| 3 | Mr. Enein's book [369 words] | dhimmi no more | Feb 1, 2012 09:34 | 192955 | |
| 1 | What of Obama engaging with the Muslim Brotherhood? [20 words] | sara | Jan 13, 2012 17:26 | 192566 | |
| 1 | What now? [51 words] | streejer | Jan 13, 2012 17:24 | 192565 | |
| 4 | More atrocities by SCAF [143 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | dhimmi no more | Dec 18, 2011 10:49 | 191818 | |
| 7 |  More atrocities by SCAF [162 words] | dhimmi no more | Dec 19, 2011 07:32 | 191818 | |
| 3 | More disasters from the salafists in Egypt [66 words] | dhimmi no more | Dec 15, 2011 07:02 | 191711 | |
| On Fish or Foul [176 words] | Jay1 | Dec 10, 2011 12:48 | 191562 | ||
| 8 | No aid is the answer [98 words] | Sally Wilton | Dec 9, 2011 08:57 | 191542 | |
| 3 | What governments cannot do, people can [83 words] | Prashant | Dec 11, 2011 22:31 | 191542 | |
| Sanctions against whom? [87 words] | mo | Dec 25, 2011 05:27 | 191542 | ||
| ... Islam [105 words] | Amin Riaz | Dec 9, 2011 08:19 | 191539 | ||
| There might be a reason for that [17 words] | Jeff | Dec 11, 2011 19:50 | 191539 | ||
| 2 | On what basis? [28 words] | KayT | Dec 12, 2011 06:14 | 191539 | |
| Israel is NOT secular. [9 words] | Amin Riaz | Dec 13, 2011 02:04 | 191539 | ||
| Confused Assertions [45 words] | Amin Riaz | Dec 13, 2011 02:34 | 191539 | ||
| 4 | About as secular as the UK [108 words] | Jeff | Dec 13, 2011 20:25 | 191539 | |
| Basic differences. [112 words] | Amin Riaz | Dec 14, 2011 14:55 | 191539 | ||
| 2 | If wikipedia says it then it must be true [124 words] | Jeff | Dec 14, 2011 22:42 | 191539 | |
| Little bit of History [118 words] | Amin Riaz | Dec 16, 2011 01:59 | 191539 | ||
| 1 | You must be right [70 words] | Jeff | Dec 16, 2011 20:58 | 191539 | |
| USA is a tyrannical state. [74 words] | Amin Riaz | Dec 18, 2011 09:22 | 191539 | ||
| 3 | An interesting conclusion [65 words] | Jeff | Dec 18, 2011 17:57 | 191539 | |
| Good nice to hear it. [5 words] | Amin Riaz | Dec 19, 2011 04:41 | 191539 | ||
| 7 | Sure US is a tyrannical state [71 words] | Prashant | Dec 19, 2011 13:41 | 191539 | |
| To Be Secular-Or Not To Be Secular-That is the Question [333 words] | M. Tovey | Dec 19, 2011 17:28 | 191539 | ||
| Addled brains... [47 words] | Amin Riaz | Dec 19, 2011 21:03 | 191539 | ||
| 7 | Hardly a standard of freedom? [247 words] | Peter Hall | Dec 21, 2011 19:05 | 191539 | |
| Are you ok Peter? [423 words] | Amin Riaz | Dec 21, 2011 20:25 | 191539 | ||
| 4 | Again you do not read nor understand [182 words] | Peter Hall | Dec 22, 2011 18:39 | 191539 | |
| 4 | explanations needed [411 words] | the Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan | Dec 22, 2011 19:45 | 191539 | |
| ... IF THIS ISN'T VICTORY! [231 words] | Amin Riaz | Dec 22, 2011 19:53 | 191539 | ||
| Not Interested. [22 words] | Amin Riaz | Dec 25, 2011 19:57 | 191539 | ||
| 4 | Your poor English again [193 words] | Peter Hall | Dec 26, 2011 04:02 | 191539 | |
| My superiority! [128 words] | Amin Riaz | Dec 26, 2011 22:47 | 191539 | ||
| 1 | Now Thats funny [358 words] | Peter Hall | Dec 27, 2011 19:44 | 191539 | |
| Why I am superior? [294 words] | Amin Riaz | Dec 27, 2011 20:46 | 191539 | ||
| 5 | Heads We Win Tails You Lose [125 words] | Dave | Dec 8, 2011 11:25 | 191520 | |
| 2 |  Islam, democracy [26 words] | Ugri | Dec 8, 2011 08:17 | 191519 | |
| 5 | The higher the Islamist's victory margin the better [283 words] | Prashant | Dec 8, 2011 00:38 | 191511 | |
| 2 | The people of Egypt voted against themselves. [75 words] | NuritG | Dec 6, 2011 23:07 | 191501 | |
| 1 | Is there a "West" to react? [66 words] | Richard H. Shulman | Dec 6, 2011 20:29 | 191497 | |
| Ah, yes. I feel so much better now. Reason says no more aid ... [118 words] | kman | Dec 6, 2011 19:55 | 191496 | ||
| I Wrote to my Senators: No Aid [52 words] | Dave | Dec 6, 2011 16:12 | 191493 | ||
| 4 | Egypt's Sham Election [60 words] | Dan Rusen | Dec 6, 2011 14:32 | 191492 | |
| Egypt's Sham Elections [93 words] | Jon | Dec 11, 2011 20:44 | 191492 | ||
| 3 | EGYPT'S ELECTIONS LEADING TO AN ISLAMIIC UPRISING [184 words] | JACQUES HADIDA | Dec 6, 2011 14:11 | 191491 | |
| 3 | Flawed Analysis [180 words] | Karim | Dec 7, 2011 00:07 | 191491 | |
| 6 | Egypt and more of the same [777 words] | dhimmi no more | Dec 10, 2011 07:57 | 191491 | |
| You have some valid points [15 words] | Karim | Dec 11, 2011 22:19 | 191491 | ||
| 4 | Egypt and more of the same [531 words] | dhimmi no more | Dec 13, 2011 09:40 | 191491 | |
| 1 | The Hazard of Misreading Egypt [415 words] | M. Tovey | Dec 20, 2011 16:16 | 191491 | |
| Egyptians are Arabs [44 words] | DEBORAH THE JUDGE | Dec 28, 2011 21:51 | 191491 | ||
| 1 | Keep the judge busy [55 words] | dhimmi no more | Dec 30, 2011 08:12 | 191491 | |
| 8 | A lot simpler Solution [11 words] | Michael Hanni Morcos | Dec 6, 2011 13:38 | 191490 | |
| Egypt May Not Dominate the M.E. - But It Can Make Things Harder [266 words] | M. Tovey | Dec 6, 2011 12:15 | 191488 | ||
| Israel as a democracy example [208 words] | slayhy | Dec 17, 2011 15:13 | 191488 | ||
| 9 | Slayhy, you really are a comedian ! [145 words] | Peter Hall | Dec 18, 2011 23:06 | 191488 | |
| Remember: Before Israel was Declared a Democracy - It IS a Theocracy [277 words] | M. Tovey | Dec 19, 2011 11:39 | 191488 |
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