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Submitted by Kyle F (United States), Jul 15, 2014 at 19:47

I don't know, I kind of see Islam as analogous to communism. Hypothetically speaking, if you could have freely polled average citizens in the Soviet Union or PRC during the height of the cold war---citizens who self-identified as communists-----I'm sure many of them were opposed to the most brutal methods of repression that their government employed in the name of communism. But it's quite a leap of logic to then assume that those same citizens would make any logical connection between the tenets of communism and the repression that ideology engendered, and that they were prepared to thus forego communism.

There were many varieties of communism in the 20th century, in many different countries, and some were more benign than others. But the basic tenets of communism prevented virtually all of them from peacefully evolving into liberal democracies. I believe Islam is similar, except that it has a more profound hold on its believers than communism did.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
The better Muslims know Islamism, the more they reject it [32 words]myselfJul 19, 2014 03:36216196
wondering about Turkey [78 words]
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David BloomJul 18, 2014 21:28216193
2This poll result cannot be trusted!! [38 words]JaladhiJul 17, 2014 10:46216157
Muslims Turn away from Islamism. [295 words]
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Emanuel van den BemdJul 16, 2014 17:47216142
5Good news, or merely Sisyphean? [172 words]Ron ThompsonJul 16, 2014 17:20216140
Yes [44 words]Kyle FJul 20, 2014 21:26216140
2Islamism in Decline [83 words]samJul 16, 2014 16:48216138
Aoun allying with Hezbollah [50 words]
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David W. LincolnJul 16, 2014 14:43216134
3The Maronites and the Copts [174 words]dhimmi no moreJul 17, 2014 11:41216134
1The copts are not on their own [41 words]David W. LincolnJul 19, 2014 16:03216134
2We are all ن (N) or نصارى or Nasara and we support the Christians of Mosul and stand by them [390 words]dhimmi no moreJul 23, 2014 06:53216134
Canada vs. the US [72 words]David W. LincolnJul 24, 2014 12:13216134
'N' [89 words]Mohammed Wazir AhkspaidarJul 26, 2014 23:58216134
1We are all ن (N) or نصارى or Nasara and we support the Christians of Mosul and stand by them part two [109 words]dhimmi no moreJul 28, 2014 06:42216134
1if al-Tabari did not know then it is a case of Allahu A3lam [158 words]dhimmi no moreJul 28, 2014 07:05216134
2islam = islamism [20 words]
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HermanJul 16, 2014 13:34216130
Yes, ISIS is virtually identical to Shi'ism [191 words]Michael S.Jul 27, 2014 15:27216130
Islam and Islamism [242 words]
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dhimmi no moreJul 16, 2014 12:20216125
1Not that easy [73 words]Ephraim LiorJul 16, 2014 12:00216124
2So What [83 words]Gary SackJul 16, 2014 11:28216123
What's in a name? [50 words]David KoralJul 16, 2014 09:18216117
1Regarding 'Muslims turn away from Islamism' [29 words]PrashantJul 16, 2014 01:44216109
Curious about one statement. [60 words]
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BethJul 16, 2014 00:56216108
3Only Non-Islamists Polled, Yet Even They Have High Levels Of Islamism [199 words]FactsRuleJul 15, 2014 21:23216106
6I don't infer too much [157 words]Kyle FJul 15, 2014 19:47216100
Doesn't Turkey's antagonism towards Hizballah stem from the recent Sunni/Shia Syrian conflict? [56 words]
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Anon.Jul 15, 2014 19:39216099
Alternatives to ISIS and others [50 words]
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David W. LincolnJul 15, 2014 19:05216097

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