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Better Dictators than Elected Islamists by Daniel Pipes
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Submitted by BALARABE ABBA (Nigeria), Dec 11, 2012 at 14:17
In the Arab world, there is no election without element of Islamism, no secularism/dictatorial without element of Arab nationalism - these are the two alternating forces in the Arab world politics. Which one of the two favours western interest in the Arab world?
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| IRANIANS AND THE SHIIA [64 words] | DR SAAD , ALBERTA- CANADA | Apr 14, 2013 00:00 | 205150 | ||
| 2 | The Shia are coming! and the salafists are not happy [241 words] | dhimmi no more | Apr 7, 2013 09:17 | 204993 | |
| 1 |  May be the Shia are not coming! [72 words] | dhimmi no more | Apr 8, 2013 07:47 | 204993 | |
| 2 | Iranians and tourism! [233 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 23, 2013 08:16 | 204617 | |
| 6 | Morsi and the Black Bloc and real insanity [197 words] | dhimmi no more | Feb 4, 2013 13:41 | 203153 |
| Free Press [120 words] | Ali Baba | Feb 9, 2013 20:14 | 203153 | ||
| 1 | Another victim and reality [157 words] | dhimmi no more | Feb 10, 2013 08:08 | 203153 | |
| 2 | The caste system among Muslims in India and our dear Ali Baba is an Arzal right our dear Ali Baba? [283 words] | dhimmi no more | Feb 10, 2013 14:36 | 203153 | |
| 2 | islamists act similar to dictators. Sadly there are zero islamic nations that have real democracy. [30 words] | Phil Greend | Feb 3, 2013 13:06 | 203096 | |
| 1 | More crimes by the Morsi regime against innocent Egyptians [240 words] | dhimmi no more | Feb 3, 2013 10:49 | 203090 | |
| Morsi and the unfolding disaster in Egypt [163 words] | dhimmi no more | Feb 2, 2013 10:05 | 203062 | ||
| 4 | Clueless Morsi is now a liar too! [122 words] | dhimmi no more | Jan 17, 2013 07:44 | 202644 | |
| 5 | Shocking video and al-Azhar promotes cannibalism! Really shocking [119 words] | dhimmi no more | Jan 16, 2013 08:31 | 202627 | |
| 1 | Here is a copy of the book كتاب الاقناع متن أبي شجاع and Islamic cannibalism! Really shocking [89 words] | dhimmi no more | Feb 23, 2013 10:53 | 202627 | |
| 1 | The hypocrites at youtube [142 words] | dhimmi no more | Feb 27, 2013 08:43 | 202627 | |
| 4 | Islamists and a Coptic state? [156 words] | dhimmi no more | Jan 15, 2013 08:47 | 202615 | |
| 1 | Iran and el-ikhwan and the same old tricks [165 words] | dhimmi no more | Jan 9, 2013 07:17 | 202541 | |
| 2 | The Muslim brotherhood in Egypt and their dirty tricks now this time in the UAE [122 words] | dhimmi no more | Jan 8, 2013 09:35 | 202518 | |
| 3 | The UAE and el-Ikhwan [100 words] | dhimmi no more | Jan 27, 2013 17:45 | 202518 | |
| 2 | The saga of Essam el-Aryan and Egyptian Jews and Sheikh Abu Hasira [283 words] | dhimmi no more | Jan 6, 2013 08:06 | 202446 | |
| 2 | The craziest fatwa of 2012! [222 words] | dhimmi no more | Jan 1, 2013 08:47 | 202266 | |
| 7 | This is hard to believe! el-Ikhwan are inviting Egyptian Jews to return to Egypt so Palestinians can take their place! [208 words] | dhimmi no more | Dec 31, 2012 14:28 | 202243 | |
| It has to get much worse, before it starts to get better [122 words] | Abdulkarim Al-habsi | Dec 29, 2012 04:00 | 202117 | ||
| Elected by the people [111 words] | Stas | Dec 24, 2012 01:39 | 201816 | ||
| 2 | I question this [247 words] | Peter Herz | Dec 15, 2012 21:14 | 201487 | |
| democracy by $$ [92 words] | PermReader | Dec 15, 2012 12:41 | 201480 | ||
| 1 | Education [49 words] | Swapan Kumar Sengupta | Dec 13, 2012 06:44 | 201421 | |
| Islamists is a curse to humanity [239 words] | Kamekish | Dec 13, 2012 00:23 | 201414 | ||
| A real mess [1012 words] | Alexandros | Dec 12, 2012 21:40 | 201410 | ||
| 4 | Torture in Cairo! Shame on el-ikhwan el-muslimeen [140 words] | dhimmi no more | Dec 12, 2012 19:49 | 201405 | |
| 11 | The amazing Shahanda Miqlad and Morsi is told to Irhal or get lost! [406 words] | dhimmi no more | Dec 12, 2012 13:52 | 201391 | |
| 1 | You cannot dictate dictatorship to other countries [60 words] | Lars Nielsen | Dec 12, 2012 07:56 | 201372 | |
| 1 | When best thing for our president to say is nothing [299 words] | Richard Stoecker | Dec 12, 2012 07:19 | 201371 | |
| 1 | Mubarak vs. Morsi [18 words] | George | Dec 12, 2012 19:12 | 201371 | |
| 7 | Remember the Fall of Tsar and rhe rise of Soviet Union [218 words] | Ismael | Dec 11, 2012 23:53 | 201364 | |
| 2 | Actually, elected Islamists are Allah's best gift [139 words] | Prashant | Dec 11, 2012 23:42 | 201363 | |
| 9 | "..... cudgeled to Democracy"? [432 words] | Ron Thompson | Dec 11, 2012 18:15 | 201353 | |
| 1 | Jasser ? [81 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Philbert | Dec 11, 2012 18:10 | 201352 | |
| Pipes is right and here's proof of why the Muslim world is not a monolith [99 words] | PezDispenser | Dec 19, 2012 16:13 | 201352 | ||
| 1 | What does it look like? [156 words] | Iqbal | Dec 20, 2012 23:13 | 201352 | |
| 5 | Egypt people, are you missing Mubarak already? [97 words] | NuritG | Dec 11, 2012 17:03 | 201348 | |
| 1 | Morsi's Egypt Is Another Replay of Algeria? [169 words] | Rex Bouvier | Dec 11, 2012 16:50 | 201347 | |
| 1 | KINGS AND DICTATORS RUN THE ARAB WORLD [136 words] | JACQUES HADIDA | Dec 12, 2012 16:51 | 201347 | |
| 2 | I wonder [197 words] | Kepha Hor | Dec 11, 2012 16:40 | 201346 | |
| 3 | Force of Habit [641 words] | Michael | Dec 11, 2012 15:59 | 201345 | |
 Better Dictators than Elected Islamists by Daniel Pipes [43 words] | BALARABE ABBA | Dec 11, 2012 14:17 | 201344 | ||
| 2 | dictators vs radical Islamists [174 words] | Linda | Dec 11, 2012 11:14 | 201335 | |
| Dictators and Islamists [134 words] | slayhy | Dec 11, 2012 19:58 | 201335 | ||
| message to Mr Morsi [89 words] | Mozere | Dec 12, 2012 04:27 | 201335 | ||
| 1 | Your slip is showing [71 words] | Sense1 | Dec 12, 2012 11:23 | 201335 | |
| Jesus [7 words] | Linda | Dec 12, 2012 12:43 | 201335 | ||
| Dictators and Islamists [17 words] | George | Dec 12, 2012 19:23 | 201335 | ||
| Muslim women and western liberation [279 words] | slayhy | Dec 12, 2012 19:30 | 201335 | ||
| who follow God's commands is saved [42 words] | slayhy | Dec 12, 2012 19:34 | 201335 | ||
| nonsense [6 words] | slayhy | Dec 13, 2012 18:56 | 201335 | ||
| anyone can have a direct line [29 words] | slayhy | Dec 13, 2012 19:01 | 201335 | ||
| 2 | false prophet [5 words] | Linda | Dec 13, 2012 22:38 | 201335 | |
| 2 | About women Slahy talked very intelligently (sarcasm on) [26 words] | Prashant | Dec 13, 2012 22:38 | 201335 | |
| Direct Line To God [202 words] | Mozere | Dec 14, 2012 03:39 | 201335 | ||
| we've got it right [166 words] | slayhy | Dec 14, 2012 20:57 | 201335 | ||
| No regrets [73 words] | slayhy55 | Dec 14, 2012 21:00 | 201335 | ||
| 5 | And speaking of direct phone line with Allah! [300 words] | dhimmi no more | Dec 15, 2012 10:09 | 201335 | |
| 3 | The bizarre and the strange [165 words] | dhimmi no more | Dec 16, 2012 12:57 | 201335 | |
| 4 | More bizarre and strange and what is with the 55! [328 words] | dhimmi no more | Dec 16, 2012 13:09 | 201335 | |
| Following the Commandments: Love God; Love the Neighbor - The Heart of the Christmas Story [414 words] | M. Tovey | Dec 17, 2012 15:35 | 201335 | ||
| 1 | Prophecies and Miracles of Muhammad [346 words] | slayhy33 | Dec 17, 2012 22:30 | 201335 | |
| Missing the Biblical Keys to Eternal Truth [59 words] | M. Tovey | Dec 19, 2012 18:38 | 201335 | ||
| Interpretation for Slahy and others [209 words] | DEBORAH THE JUDGE | Jan 2, 2013 11:28 | 201335 | ||
| 1 | What miracles? [170 words] | DEBORAH THE JUDGE | Jan 2, 2013 11:58 | 201335 | |
| 1 | Slayhy, what's up for 2013? [72 words] | Jeff | Jan 3, 2013 12:55 | 201335 | |
| 2 | You title should have been: Greedy Dictators vs. Religious Dictators [39 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Eben Spinonza | Dec 11, 2012 08:32 | 201330 | |
| 7 | I could not care less..... [119 words] | STUART KAUFMAN | Dec 11, 2012 08:14 | 201328 |
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