An Opportune Proxy War :: Reader comments at Daniel Pipes

Submitted by Barry Black (United States), Jan 4, 2016 at 11:21

It is quite obvious that the Islamist conflict in the Arab/Persian world is nothing more than a proxy-like war between Sunni and Shia Islam. When one delves into the cause of the Sunni-Shia rift you realize, rather quickly, what utter nonsense it all is! Then you begin to think maybe Islam is too----unfortunately however, it is deadly nonsense and to think that people are being slaughtered over such nonsense!!!----What a World!

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	Title	Commenter	Date	Thread
1	Moderate Muslim? [355 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	Andrea	Jun 4, 2016 16:37	229823
2	There are only Muslims, not Islamists. [86 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	Lance	Feb 16, 2016 23:26	228086
2	Islam moderates v loonies [178 words]	dhimmi no more	Feb 17, 2016 07:18	228086
	What matters to us is whether they're Islamists, not whether the Koran supports them. [52 words]	Anon.	Feb 17, 2016 09:02	228086
	Very sound response [84 words]	Prashant	Feb 18, 2016 23:29	228086
	Morphing the Islamists' Movement [355 words]	M Tovey	Feb 5, 2016 12:03	227952
1	John Kerry keeps calling the Islamic State 'apostates.' vs. Islamists [557 words]	Robert	Feb 3, 2016 10:05	227923
4	False hope [154 words]	Darwin B	Jan 13, 2016 22:41	227647
	Further Reading [74 words]	Lance	Feb 16, 2016 23:52	227647
1	I wish. But yeah right. [85 words]	James	Jan 13, 2016 10:43	227622
	this article is 100 % wrong : people are ok under Daech [128 words]	aval31	Jan 13, 2016 06:59	227612
2	Facing the Islamic terror [608 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	ada taiber	Jan 11, 2016 05:12	227570
	Gory future [36 words]	Muhammad	Jan 8, 2016 13:48	227533
	Two weaknesses of Islamism. [666 words]	Vishu Menon	Jan 8, 2016 11:44	227531
	Islamism cannot be weakened, while its presumed enemies are so confused and divided [505 words]	Michael S	Jan 6, 2016 02:34	227512
7	Misunderstanding of religion [401 words]	Philip	Jan 5, 2016 05:18	227497
1	On the Problematic Concept of Religion [552 words]	Robert	Mar 8, 2016 14:05	227497
1	The secret Islamic declaration of war. [330 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	wayne	Jan 5, 2016 04:38	227495
1	Meaning of ancient [174 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	Prashant	Jan 4, 2016 22:23	227485
	Thanks for explaining [78 words]	Prashant	Jan 8, 2016 21:26	227485
6	The extreme danger of "moderate" Muslims [127 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	Bill	Jan 4, 2016 20:44	227479
	Islamic Economics [198 words]	SAKOVKT	Jan 4, 2016 16:56	227473
1	There. Was. No. Deal. [21 words]	Abu Nudnik	Jan 4, 2016 15:39	227472
	perhaps [103 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	Ephraim Lior	Jan 4, 2016 15:14	227471
	Counter-Ideology A Key Weapon [232 words]	Dave	Jan 4, 2016 15:04	227470
	reply [133 words]	SAKOVKT	Jan 8, 2016 19:22	227470
	Daniel Pipes, Jan 04 2016 article [18 words]	Mainstay	Jan 4, 2016 14:00	227465
2	Ideology is the number one weakness [106 words]	Michael Hanni Morcos	Jan 4, 2016 12:43	227463
	" non-violent vs. violent types, notably in Egypt" [24 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	Anon.	Jan 4, 2016 12:30	227461
	An Opportune Proxy War [71 words]	Barry Black	Jan 4, 2016 11:21	227458
	Relief [19 words]	Neville Harris	Jan 4, 2016 11:05	227457
	It's better to keep out [129 words]	Kepha	Jan 4, 2016 10:19	227455