It is about grabbing more land

Submitted by Prashant (United States), Feb 13, 2013 at 09:07

Dear Dr Pipes:

Today (2/12/2013) 19 militants were killed in Thailand when a military base was attacked by "militants". You can guess the religion of the militants and you will not be wrong. From Palestine, to Kashmir, to Philipines, to Thailand we are made to believe that Muslim militias are fighting with others around them to win independence. I think that we are all fooled to believe that Islam is merely a religion.

But the fact is that it is all about grabbing more and more of the land. Any other way of grabbing land will be called colonialism but this way is called religion. Every inch of land that Islam grabs becomes less democratic, less free, and 98% Islamic by population.

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