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Burning the house to kill the rodents?
Reader comment on item: Radical Islam as Its Own Antidote[, Argues Reuel Gerecht]
Submitted by S.C.Panda (India), Jun 24, 2005 at 04:26
Dear Prof Pipes,Reuel Gerecht's prescription may be likened to burn the house to kill the rodents.
When British India was partitioned in 1947, the Hindu population were 22% and 29% in (West)Pakistan and East Pakistan(now Bangladesh respectively. The corresponding figures today are less than 1% and 7%. If Islamic elements capture power, the nonMuslims become Dhimmis and may be forced to embrace Islam.
Regards, Sincerely, S.C.Panda
Prof Daniel Pipes, MEF, USA
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| 1 | Islam as an ideology [249 words] | Paul Smith Navel | Oct 11, 2005 00:05 | 26774 | |
 Islam not a religiion [7 words] | Ja H | Aug 5, 2008 18:15 | 26774 | ||
| Militant Islam Burning [7 words] | Mordechai | Jul 11, 2005 01:20 | 23315 | ||
| Mr. Pipes may be right [65 words] | Stephen Block | Jul 3, 2005 22:56 | 23093 | ||
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| So what do we do in the meantime? [268 words] | Pat | Jun 26, 2005 20:30 | 22880 | ||
| Radical Islam is not the cure [157 words] | Dvora H. | Jun 26, 2005 19:03 | 22879 | ||
| Gerecht proposes deja vu [228 words] | GreyGhost | Jun 26, 2005 17:18 | 22877 | ||
| The situation in Iran [223 words] | H. Yazdi | Jun 26, 2005 02:39 | 22871 | ||
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| Dream of Eradicating Radical Islam is Futile [99 words] | Jaladhi | Jun 24, 2005 11:31 | 22847 | ||
| 1 |  Burning the house to kill the rodents? [68 words] | S.C.Panda | Jun 24, 2005 04:26 | 22844 | |
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| Islamic Democracy: One (necessary) step backward, then two steps forward [206 words] | Billy Chosen | Jun 23, 2005 22:31 | 22840 | ||
| Respectfully questioning your views on moderate Islam [193 words] | AlwaysOnWatch | Jun 23, 2005 18:46 | 22837 | ||
| How Many Decades Will It Take? [432 words] | Mike Ramirez | Jun 23, 2005 18:45 | 22836 | ||
| The Reality [128 words] | John | Jun 23, 2005 17:56 | 22835 | ||
| I agree - please comment on a diverging opinion [171 words] | Josh G | Jun 23, 2005 17:45 | 22834 | ||
| A Big Story [611 words] | Just a reader | Jun 23, 2005 16:56 | 22833 | ||
| Your prescription left out something. [92 words] | Si Londe | Jun 23, 2005 13:24 | 22830 | ||
| Curing the disease, or merely mutating it? [166 words] | Joshua Truax | Jun 23, 2005 12:28 | 22829 | ||
| Gerecht critique [166 words] | george rosenbaum | Jun 23, 2005 12:17 | 22828 | ||
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| Moderation in Islam is flawed [257 words] | Arvind Madhavan | Jun 23, 2005 10:44 | 22824 | ||
| Full agreement with Arvind Madhavan's comments [88 words] | Daniel Schultz | Dec 30, 2005 10:29 | 22824 | ||
| 1 | There is no solution [120 words] | Dr. Richard Tomback | Jun 23, 2005 10:28 | 22823 | |
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| Thank you so much Dr Pipes [30 words] | Neila Charchour Hachicha | Jun 23, 2005 09:51 | 22820 | ||
| This is the kind of journalism that I like! [191 words] | Octavio Johanson | Jun 23, 2005 08:16 | 22818 |
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