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Change comes from within
Reader comment on item: Another Islamist Assault, Another Western Cringe
in response to reader comment: Overlooking the outcome
Submitted by John Plucenik (United States), Sep 15, 2012 at 09:48
I agree. But change comes from within. As long as fear trumps freedom in the Muslim world, there can never be change.
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| 1 | Judicial Watch and the Benghazi atrocity and Hilary Clinton has no shame [202 words] | dhimmi no more | May 4, 2014 13:28 | 214711 | |
| 3 | The Shia Sheikh Yasir Habib and says that Sunni Islam is the source of world terrorism and the "Video"! [306 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 27, 2014 07:51 | 214052 | |
| 3 | The video and the Benghazi atrocity and poor journalism! [215 words] | dhimmi no more | Dec 30, 2013 07:34 | 212390 | |
| Western freedom of speech and press [66 words] | Phil Greend | Apr 6, 2013 19:05 | 204985 | ||
| 1 | Muhammad-An Example to follow or believe in??? [417 words] | David Woolmer | Sep 24, 2012 13:34 | 199070 | |
| 21 | The atrocity in Benghazi and a certain Abu Sufyan [267 words] | dhimmi no more | Sep 23, 2012 11:54 | 199009 |
| Antwerp imam Nordine Taouil files charges after death threats from sharia4belgium [443 words] | myth | Sep 19, 2012 07:42 | 198803 | |
 Antwerp Imam Nordine Taouil [56 words] | Jan van Tilburg | Oct 2, 2012 02:35 | 198803 | ||
| Watergate style hearing? [46 words] | dhimmi no more | Nov 15, 2012 09:05 | 198803 | ||
| western governments unprepared [175 words] | myth | Sep 17, 2012 09:46 | 198740 | ||
| 1 | Embassy security [51 words] | Stas | Sep 17, 2012 00:50 | 198733 | |
| 5 | Recipe for Muslims [91 words] | Prashant | Sep 16, 2012 21:10 | 198730 | |
| 9 | "Innocence of Muslims"? [466 words] | Andy B. | Sep 16, 2012 16:49 | 198720 | |
| 6 | With this publicity it seems that the producer of the video will be making some money! [128 words] | dhimmi no more | Sep 17, 2012 06:47 | 198720 | |
| 7 | Grim Reality [30 words] | Michael Kerjman | Sep 16, 2012 13:08 | 198716 | |
| 2 | Some contextual clarity [25 words] | MK | Sep 16, 2012 21:16 | 198716 | |
| 2 | Ibn Ishaq [136 words] | Roger McKinney | Sep 16, 2012 12:20 | 198715 | |
| 3 | Who was really Ibn Ishaq? [635 words] | dhimmi no more | Sep 17, 2012 07:17 | 198715 | |
| Ibn Ishaq [18 words] | Roger | Sep 17, 2012 17:27 | 198715 | ||
| 8 | In response to the movie and subsequent islamist violence [1376 words] | Bishop Gabrielle Crofts OCC | Sep 16, 2012 05:13 | 198711 | |
| 2 | Islam has just unleashed its rabid hate and the worst is yet to come [81 words] | NuritG | Sep 15, 2012 21:13 | 198701 | |
| 3 | Something troubling [271 words] | Peter Herz | Sep 15, 2012 10:05 | 198688 | |
| 4 | Disgusting video accurate -- according to Islamic sources [58 words] | W Scott | Sep 15, 2012 08:13 | 198683 | |
| 6 | Muslims should pray inside their homes [225 words] | Prashant | Sep 14, 2012 22:45 | 198672 | |
| 1 | OK, I'll Be The First [34 words] | Barry Black | Sep 14, 2012 22:02 | 198670 | |
| Presidents can't introduce legislation: the Senate and House do that [25 words] | Abu Nudnik | Sep 15, 2012 23:38 | 198670 | ||
| Really!!! [15 words] | Barry Black | Sep 16, 2012 17:14 | 198670 | ||
| Free Speech [39 words] | Barry | Sep 16, 2012 19:20 | 198670 | ||
| free speech Response [78 words] | you are informed | Sep 19, 2012 01:25 | 198670 | ||
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| 2 | Make no mistake: (Let our leaders take are of that) [338 words] | Jeff | Sep 14, 2012 21:22 | 198667 | |
| What would you do? [71 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Gunther H. Sciff | Sep 14, 2012 19:50 | 198663 | ||
| 15 | How prescient! [48 words] | sara | Sep 17, 2012 17:32 | 198663 | |
| 17 | The religion of peace! [111 words] | dhimmi no more | Sep 14, 2012 18:17 | 198656 | |
| 1 | Pluses and minuses of the 'innocense of Islam' movie [309 words] | Prashant | Sep 15, 2012 19:35 | 198656 | |
| 1 | Religion of peace - or else! [33 words] | Thomas Justin Kaze | Sep 17, 2012 03:10 | 198656 | |
| 3 | Another Islamist Assault, Another Western Cringe by Daniel Pipes [636 words] | BALARABE ABBA | Sep 14, 2012 12:31 | 198637 | |
| 2 | David Goldmans advice and Aikido [272 words] | Shishir | Sep 14, 2012 03:19 | 198612 | |
| 3 | What should a poor Muslim do? (Sarcasm) [107 words] | Prashant | Sep 14, 2012 02:01 | 198610 | |
| 3 | If Turkey is an Islamist country, why ignore Turkey's criticism of the riots? [65 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Can Oz | Sep 14, 2012 00:27 | 198604 | |
| 7 | Whose ally is really Fethullah Gülen -"an individual with 'extraordinary ability in the field of education' who merited permanent residence status in the U.S."? [146 words] | Ianus | Sep 16, 2012 14:42 | 198604 | |
| Gulen Movement [35 words] | Sahin | Sep 18, 2012 13:14 | 198604 | ||
| Gulenists to repair the radical Moslem Brotherhood? [199 words] | TurkSecularism4ever | Sep 18, 2012 15:09 | 198604 | ||
| Two faces and contradictions of MAD MAN Fethulah Gulen and his cult members. [332 words] | Goosenetworks | Sep 19, 2012 01:09 | 198604 | ||
| 7 | Fethullah Gülen "the most dangerous Islamist on earth", his anti-communism and his CIA friends [288 words] | Ianus | Sep 19, 2012 09:43 | 198604 | |
| Gulen has the full backing of the CIA [1 words] | Ianus | Sep 20, 2012 15:40 | 198604 | ||
| 1 | Digital Jihad [141 words] | John Plucenik | Sep 13, 2012 20:09 | 198599 | |
| 2 | Overlooking the outcome [121 words] | sara | Sep 14, 2012 19:41 | 198599 | |
 Change comes from within [22 words] | John Plucenik | Sep 15, 2012 09:48 | 198599 | ||
| 3 | Can We Be So Blind? [140 words] | Jules Posten | Sep 13, 2012 19:27 | 198596 | |
| 1 | Pavlovian response [65 words] | stanley b | Sep 13, 2012 18:33 | 198594 | |
| 1 | muslims inferiority complex [254 words] | havas | Sep 14, 2012 01:44 | 198594 | |
| Er... [29 words] | Joe get | Sep 14, 2012 04:01 | 198594 | ||
| Perhaps you Misunderstood? [55 words] | stanley b | Sep 14, 2012 19:27 | 198594 | ||
| Pavlovian response [168 words] | Anna | Sep 16, 2012 00:53 | 198594 | ||
| 1 | Muslim inferiority due to whom? [202 words] | sara | Sep 16, 2012 18:52 | 198594 | |
| continue to teach muslims by humiliating them [271 words] | havas | Sep 18, 2012 03:31 | 198594 | ||
| 3 | Tolerance is not tolerated in Islam, Havas [286 words] | sara | Sep 18, 2012 16:54 | 198594 | |
| ugly face of capitalizm [317 words] | havas | Sep 18, 2012 23:38 | 198594 | ||
| 2 | Capitalism is what makes the world go round, Havas [780 words] | sara | Sep 19, 2012 19:27 | 198594 | |
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| 5 | What Should Be the Take Home Lessons? [591 words] | Sigmund | Sep 13, 2012 17:37 | 198591 | |
| 5 | 'Make the point more deftly', Sigmund? [168 words] | sara | Sep 13, 2012 18:39 | 198591 | |
| Making points more deftly [511 words] | Sigmund Derman | Sep 18, 2012 10:08 | 198591 | ||
| 126 | Movies for Muslims and the arrogance of Western thinking [340 words] | sara | Sep 18, 2012 17:08 | 198591 | |
| 3 | No Surprise [79 words] | Michael Hanni Morcos | Sep 13, 2012 17:25 | 198590 | |
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| 6 | Invincible ignorance [1117 words] | Moshe A | Sep 13, 2012 15:02 | 198581 | |
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| 3 | A MUSLIM Life of Brian [791 words] | Ron Thompson | Sep 14, 2012 19:50 | 198569 | |
| 2 | Appeasement of Islamists by leftist politicians [317 words] | Prashant | Sep 16, 2012 02:19 | 198569 | |
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| 54 | Ingenious [68 words] | Barry Black | Sep 13, 2012 10:01 | 198564 | |
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| 2 | This is just a ruse [109 words] | DEBORAH THE JUDGE | Sep 13, 2012 09:48 | 198563 | |
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| Muslims attacking governments [73 words] | suzanne | Aug 17, 2012 07:16 | 197995 |
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