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Reader comment on item: MPAC Calls Me an "Expert on Islam"
in response to reader comment: Only muslims can be 'experts' on islam
Submitted by Jacob (United States), Oct 3, 2012 at 21:16
I know Arabic and I am not an Academic, an Arab native, a Muslim, or anything special I can do what I want with the Islamic sources. They are free, online for the world to see. Playing semantics games doesn't change the fact. Most Muslims are ignorant about Islam. They believe in it without knowing what it's about.
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Title | Commenter | Date | Thread |
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| 1 | Nice [33 words] | Hiraislam | Sep 26, 2012 02:46 | 199190 | |
| 1 | Islam [35 words] | Alvin Samuels | Sep 24, 2012 20:18 | 199096 | |
| Sentence starting with 'but'... [101 words] | Frans Groenendijk | Sep 24, 2012 15:42 | 199076 | ||
| 4 | MPAC has greatly underestimated that number. What about the Christian apologists? [741 words] | Moshe | Sep 24, 2012 15:17 | 199075 | |
| Gloss on Hegel [81 words] | Patrick Moore | Sep 24, 2012 11:54 | 199066 | ||
| 3 | Flattery! [26 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Richard B. | Sep 24, 2012 10:57 | 199061 | |
| 1 | Alas, few Middle Eastern universities measure up to MPAC's standards [64 words] | Chris LA | Sep 24, 2012 10:44 | 199059 |
 Whoops! [39 words] | Jacob | Oct 3, 2012 21:39 | 199059 | ||
| Paid professionals [31 words] | David S | Sep 24, 2012 10:39 | 199058 | ||
| To be or not to be (an expert) [222 words] | Rebecca Ellen Moulds | Sep 24, 2012 10:07 | 199053 | ||
| 1 | PsyOps [281 words] | Darwin Barrett | Sep 24, 2012 09:37 | 199048 | |
| 1 | Honor of Enemies [15 words] | EthanP | Sep 24, 2012 09:35 | 199047 | |
| 8 | This is the same argument: Read Qur'an! [316 words] | dhimmi no more | Sep 24, 2012 07:41 | 199040 | |
| Knowing Arabic and asking questions, and they still won't answer. [111 words] | Jacob | Oct 3, 2012 21:36 | 199040 | ||
| 1 | Atrocious Arabic by wannabe Arab [110 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 7, 2012 06:51 | 199040 | |
| 1 | Why must one adapt to the least productive human group to qualify? [216 words] | IamJoseph | Sep 24, 2012 04:48 | 199034 | |
| 5 | Only muslims can be 'experts' on islam [396 words] | Susan | Sep 24, 2012 00:15 | 199024 | |
| Arabic is a recent, non-original 4th century script. [74 words] | IamJoseph | Sep 24, 2012 22:53 | 199024 | ||
| Latin has nothing to do with it. [120 words] | Jacob | Oct 3, 2012 21:14 | 199024 | ||
 Arabic this, Arabic that. [58 words] | Jacob | Oct 3, 2012 21:16 | 199024 | ||
| Scholars in the Modern World [40 words] | Tom Dundee | Sep 24, 2012 00:07 | 199023 | ||
| 2 | Theory of Islam expertise [98 words] | Steve Borkowski | Sep 23, 2012 23:45 | 199022 |
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