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No parallel between killing by Christians and killing in the name of Islam
Reader comment on item: Dennis Kucinich, Lefty for Radical Islam
in response to reader comment: Violence
Submitted by Prashant (United States), Apr 21, 2012 at 17:38
Dear Dr Pipes,
B K Abdullah is confusing between killing by Christians on the one hand and killing in the name of Christianity. There have been hundreds of examples where bad people of Christian heritage (Stalin, Hitler, Timothy McVeigh, and others) killed innocent people but there has been no systematic and sustained centuries long pattern of killings in which any one killed in the name of Christianity. There has been a sustained patter for a very long time where individuals and groups have resorted to violence in the name of Islam. It has happened because Islamic moderates and intellectuals have never stood up to the violent factions inside Islam.
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| 2 | Replica of Dennis Kucinich are seen in Indian politics too. [103 words] | akt(India) | Apr 23, 2012 12:59 | 195239 | |
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| 3 | The liberal filters are not meant for reality. [56 words] | sara | Apr 11, 2012 18:51 | 195066 | |
| 1 | Useful idiots and worse [78 words] | Dierdra | Apr 11, 2012 18:49 | 195065 | |
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| Shameful and dangerous [84 words] | stanley b | Mar 30, 2012 15:52 | 194869 | ||
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| 4 | which one? [1039 words] | the Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan | Apr 11, 2012 07:40 | 194810 | |
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| 4 | so many questions go unanswered [1603 words] | the Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan | Apr 14, 2012 00:06 | 194810 | |
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