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Reader comment on item: [The Search for Moderate Islam:] A Reply to Lawrence Auster
Submitted by Gloria Stewart (United States), Feb 7, 2005 at 15:25
My disagreement is with respect to Dr. Pipes' statement that "Islam can be whatever Muslims wish to make of it." This may obtain under the rule of law but absent that (and it is absent as we use the term in Islamic societies) the nature of Islam will be determined by the faction that has the biggest guns.Gloria Stewart
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| Moderate Muslim and an ardent Zionist - Razak 'Abd al-Qader [6982 words] | Keila | Oct 16, 2020 13:54 | 261000 | ||
| On Mr. Pipes reply to Mr. Auster [431 words] | John Nosser | Feb 24, 2010 10:29 | 169350 | ||
| 1 |  Lawrence Auster's analysis is right on the mark!! [139 words] | Jaladhi | Mar 31, 2010 14:33 | 169350 | |
| A IS FOR ALLAH BY YUSUF ISLAM (CAT STEVENS) THE BRITISH AYATOLLAH SINGER THE SEARCH FOR MODERATE ISLAM OR...... [137 words] | TIRDAD GHARIB | Jul 14, 2008 14:13 | 135071 | ||
| NO DIALOGUE SHOULD BE BETWEEN TEHRAN IRAN AND WASHINGTON DC USA, [121 words] | TIRDAD GHARIB | Jul 20, 2008 09:30 | 135071 | ||
| Is islamism really different from islam? [178 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | François Eiffel/FFL | Nov 1, 2007 07:41 | 112819 | ||
| 1 | The Muslims Need a Scapegoat [878 words] | Ibrahim Abdul Mu'min | May 25, 2005 11:21 | 22409 | |
| 1 | Ibrahim Abdul Mumin [34 words] | P.O.D. | Dec 10, 2005 12:02 | 22409 | |
| Moderate Islam? [77 words] | Clifford Ishii | May 19, 2005 00:26 | 22170 | ||
| Islam: "Religion of Peace" [28 words] | Avraham David | Jan 20, 2006 14:45 | 22170 | ||
| moderate islam [128 words] | satish k kapoor | Mar 28, 2010 00:17 | 22170 | ||
| fundamentalism [220 words] | Dr Satish K Kapoor | Mar 28, 2010 01:02 | 22170 | ||
| 1 | There is no moderate Islam or moderate Muslim!!! [260 words] | Jaladhi | Mar 29, 2010 10:09 | 22170 | |
| Religion of the Book and Culture of the Heart [356 words] | Dr Satish K Kapoor | Mar 30, 2010 01:45 | 22170 | ||
| 1 | Religion of heart is conscience of a human being - and Islam kills it off !!! [228 words] | Jaladhi | Apr 5, 2010 10:50 | 22170 | |
| May they hear the Inner Voice [277 words] | Dr Satish K Kapoor | Apr 5, 2010 21:18 | 22170 | ||
| 1 | Naive Hope of Satish!!! [592 words] | Jaladhi | Apr 8, 2010 17:15 | 22170 | |
| slam - when politics enter ... [264 words] | Muhammad Arshad | May 3, 2005 06:07 | 21951 | |
| 1 | I need more convincing [460 words] | Kevin Graham | Mar 31, 2005 07:55 | 21263 | |
| Moderate Islam: A Pipe Dream! [3744 words] | A (Keen) Student of Islam | Feb 26, 2005 00:01 | 20530 | ||
| Moderate Islam: A Pipe Dream! [1235 words] | A (Keen) Student of Islam | Mar 1, 2005 03:32 | 20530 | ||
| Kudos to comment by "A ( Keen) Student of Islam" [132 words] | Jaladhi | Mar 1, 2005 10:28 | 20530 | ||
| Response to commenter "A (keen) Student of Islam" [147 words] | Bob | Mar 26, 2005 17:03 | 20530 | ||
| Response to Bob's Comment [526 words] | A (Keen) Student of Islam | Apr 3, 2005 15:50 | 20530 | ||
| A little proselytising for (keen) [118 words] | Vic Coffey | May 18, 2005 10:22 | 20530 | ||
| A little proselytising for (keen) [287 words] | A (Keen) Student of Islam | Jun 2, 2005 05:08 | 20530 | ||
| studied in the desert: moderate Islam is Islam [201 words] | studied in the middle of the Arabian desert | Mar 26, 2007 13:02 | 20530 | ||
| A Reply to Auster [166 words] | Lowell Byrd | Feb 18, 2005 05:16 | 20423 | ||
| I have weighed in favor of Lawrence Auster [219 words] | David S. Jacob | Feb 11, 2005 19:37 | 20278 | ||
| 1 | a thorn in the side of humanity [314 words] | richard | Feb 4, 2006 23:40 | 20278 | |
| moderate submission to Satan? [293 words] | Bob Boynton | Feb 9, 2005 17:00 | 20224 | ||
| Mr. Auster is right [138 words] | Jaladhi | Feb 8, 2005 15:36 | 20185 | ||
 The nature of Islam [59 words] | Gloria Stewart | Feb 7, 2005 15:25 | 20148 | ||
| It's not the religion, it's the people who embrace it [130 words] | S Mac | May 8, 2010 13:35 | 20148 | ||
| Moderate Islam v Political Islam [264 words] | Karim Mansoor | Feb 7, 2005 10:38 | 20145 | |
| Response to commenter Karim Mansoor [86 words] | Peter J. Herz | Feb 10, 2005 14:49 | 20145 | ||
| A take at Mr. Auster's response [328 words] | Alain Jean-Mairet | Feb 4, 2005 00:46 | 20099 | ||
| 1 | Commenter Alain Jean-Mairet is not a civilizationalist [468 words] | Andrew | Feb 5, 2005 02:02 | 20099 | |
| Response to Alain Jean-Mairet [339 words] | Lawrence Auster | Feb 5, 2005 20:08 | 20099 | ||
| I do not want to appease. [292 words] | Alain Jean-Mairet | Feb 6, 2005 02:52 | 20099 | ||
| Alain Jean-Mairet's self-defeating reasoning [191 words] | Lawrence Auster | Feb 9, 2005 11:46 | 20099 | ||
| Auster's only half smart reasoning [154 words] | Alain Jean-Mairet | Feb 10, 2005 14:48 | 20099 | ||
| Prediction = January 2006 [229 words] | JAMES A HAUER | Jan 22, 2006 05:57 | 20099 | ||
| you will know a tree (pearl) by it's fruits. [26 words] | Richard | Feb 4, 2006 22:22 | 20099 | ||
| Well, I'll tellya... [92 words] | Stanley Levin | Feb 3, 2005 14:50 | 20093 | ||
| Obscurantist Islam cannot change [229 words] | R.K. Ohri | Feb 3, 2005 11:37 | 20090 | ||
| Reply to L. Auster strikes me as utterly inconsistent with his usual manner [300 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Phil Stan | Feb 3, 2005 09:12 | 20084 | ||
| A most helpful clarification [166 words] | Roger WT Wilkinson | Feb 2, 2005 23:36 | 20081 | ||
| False Hope [309 words] | Jaladhi | Feb 1, 2005 11:05 | 20034 | ||
| I'm not so confident, sorry [303 words] | Olivia M. | Feb 1, 2005 01:46 | 20024 | |
| My reply to Daniel Pipes's reply [1727 words] | Lawrence Auster | Jan 31, 2005 21:49 | 20022 | ||
| Comments on Auster's reply to Pipes's reply to Auster [597 words] | bucephalus | Feb 10, 2005 00:23 | 20022 | ||
| Jews Living in Christendom...Why Would They Want To? [91 words] | Bliss | Jul 18, 2006 12:05 | 20022 | ||
| Both Mr. Pipes and Mr. Auster are right to an extent [582 words] | Quennel Gale | Jan 31, 2005 16:53 | 20017 | ||
| What is moderate Islam? [1149 words] | LK | Jan 31, 2005 03:15 | 20008 | ||
| Question for LK [130 words] | IPH | Feb 5, 2005 15:44 | 20008 | ||
| Comments on Auster and Pipes Debate [466 words] | K Ibrahim | Jan 30, 2005 22:48 | 20002 | ||
| Lawrence Auster: "The Search for Moderate Islam" [140 words] | A former muslim | Jan 30, 2005 22:33 | 20001 | ||
| Only one solution to a Peaceful Islam [6 words] | Paul Rinderle | Jan 30, 2005 19:22 | 20000 | ||
| Lawrence Auster, Daniel Pipes and Islamophobia [148 words] | Octavio Johanson | Jan 30, 2005 17:32 | 19998 | ||
| The french psychoanalytical connection [284 words] | Peter van Summeren | Jan 30, 2005 16:07 | 19996 | ||
| Fish in water [69 words] | Gabriel Toking | Jan 30, 2005 06:36 | 19989 | ||
| Pipes vs. Auster [322 words] | Richard Bowers | Jan 30, 2005 00:13 | 19987 | ||
| Let's face reality, please. [324 words] | Jason Pappas | Jan 29, 2005 21:23 | 19983 | ||
| Lawrence Auster is right [122 words] | F.Shawki | Jan 29, 2005 20:24 | 19981 | ||
| Was Mohammed a Jihadi? [187 words] | Benjamin | Jan 29, 2005 19:40 | 19978 | ||
| Response to Pipes vs. Auster Commentary [128 words] | Shari Seaman Goodman | Jan 29, 2005 18:54 | 19977 | ||
| Lawrence Auster's analysis is superficial [201 words] | Octavio Johanson | Jan 29, 2005 18:09 | 19975 | ||
| Moderate Islam does exist (there are some moderates) [167 words] | Steve Klein | Jan 29, 2005 14:02 | 19973 | ||
| RESPECT & FEAR [439 words] | Marcos Berenstein | Jan 29, 2005 09:16 | 19969 | ||
| The 800 pound Gorillia cannot be contained by "Moderate" Islam [1167 words] | Andrew | Jan 29, 2005 06:54 | 19965 | ||
| Modern vs. Historical Islam [254 words] | John Randall Peacher | Jan 29, 2005 03:53 | 19961 | ||
| Auster is right [290 words] | Caesar M. Arevalo | Jan 29, 2005 00:17 | 19960 | ||
| Arbitration [279 words] | Alain Jean-Mairet | Jan 31, 2005 00:58 | 19960 | ||
| Moderate Islam Does Exist [83 words] | Mustafa Akyol | Jan 28, 2005 23:08 | 19959 | ||
| Response to Mustafa Akyol [211 words] | John | Jan 29, 2005 13:34 | 19959 | ||
| ABU MUSAB AL-ZARQAWI'S LOATHSOME LEGACY [218 words] | CITIZEN | Jan 28, 2005 23:05 | 19958 | ||
| Agree to Disagree [53 words] | John | Jan 28, 2005 22:51 | 19957 | ||
| Moderate Islam is an oxymoron [137 words] | Hari Iyer | Jan 28, 2005 22:47 | 19956 | ||
| 1 | ISLAMIC DEEDS & RHETORIC [343 words] | CITIZEN | Jan 28, 2005 20:33 | 19954 | |
| PEACE? [223 words] | LES DAVIS | Jan 28, 2005 18:41 | 19952 | ||
| Pipes vs Auster = Winning vs Losing [119 words] | Octavio Johanson | Jan 28, 2005 18:24 | 19950 | ||
| What about women in Islam? [287 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Susan Chapman | Jan 28, 2005 16:25 | 19948 | ||
| The Big Question [119 words] | Darwin Barrett | Jan 28, 2005 16:10 | 19947 | ||
| Parallel with Samuel Huntington's "The Clash of Civilizations" [83 words] | Peter Chew | Jan 28, 2005 14:41 | 19946 | ||
| The strength of Radical Islam [379 words] | Germain Lucas | Jan 28, 2005 13:39 | 19944 | ||
| Reality [311 words] | S | Jan 28, 2005 13:23 | 19943 | ||
| Compassion vs Hatred [220 words] | John | Jan 28, 2005 12:39 | 19942 | |
| Compassion and Hatred? Response to Commenter "John" [233 words] | Peter J. Herz | Jan 31, 2005 21:43 | 19942 | ||
| Is it feasible? [170 words] | John | Feb 2, 2005 01:26 | 19942 | ||
| Moderate Islam? [26 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Amy Eliezer | Jan 28, 2005 12:11 | 19939 | ||
| No such thing as moderate Islam [75 words] | Kim Segar | Jan 28, 2005 11:52 | 19938 | ||
| Truly Literate Responsive [103 words] | Jerrold E. Goldman | Jan 28, 2005 11:44 | 19937 | ||
| Murder is murder [125 words] | Paul Rindertle | Jan 28, 2005 11:26 | 19936 | ||
| Both of You Are Right [210 words] | David Smith | Jan 28, 2005 11:17 | 19935 | ||
| Keep up the good work, Mr. Pipes [41 words] | Harley Cahen | Jan 28, 2005 11:16 | 19934 | ||
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| A Reply to Lawrence Auster [66 words] | May | Jan 28, 2005 10:51 | 19931 | ||
| The Goal [49 words] | Joseph | Jan 28, 2005 10:38 | 19930 | ||
| Deeper knowledge of two "Good Books" leads in different directions [261 words] | D Patterson | Jan 28, 2005 10:36 | 19929 | ||
| Koranic Basis for Forgiveness? [38 words] | Wallace Liechty | Jan 30, 2005 23:37 | 19929 | ||
| D.Patterson's comment & Wallace Liechty's question [729 words] | A (Keen) Student of Islam | Mar 2, 2005 12:16 | 19929 | ||
| Fecund Islam [211 words] | Steven Hess | Jan 28, 2005 10:22 | 19926 | ||
| Refreshing yes, apologizing for Islam, no! [81 words] | Kenneth S. Besig | Jan 28, 2005 09:48 | 19925 |
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