Slahy is wrong again

Submitted by Prashant (United States), Nov 18, 2012 at 02:22

Dear Dr Pipes,

The reader Slahy from Canada says that because Christians support other Christians and Jews other Jews, Muslims' support of other Muslims is justified. Support is not a black and white thing and their are different degrees of support. Everyone knows that in the second world war coalition forces mostly led by Christians fought against other Christians to defend the Jews of Europe. Most recently President Clinton led the defence of Bosnian Muslims. And there is no dearth of leftist non-muslims politicians in western style democracies who spend all their time defending Muslims' right in these democracies.

But in hundreds of years worth of history of political wars in Islam, there are very few examples --if any at all-- where an Islamic army fought another to defend a non-islamic army. I have met hundreds of Muslims in my life time and I have yet to find one Muslim who does not hate Israel. The problem is not that Muslims support other Muslims. The problem is that Muslim support no one else other than Muslims.

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