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Good news, Bad newsReader comment on item: ISIS is Collapsing Submitted by Ron Thompson (United States), Apr 21, 2016 at 18:25 Of course it is GOOD NEWS that ISIS may be on the verge of collapse, a likelihood which seems more to be expected and hoped for with Dr Pipes article. Since Pipes clearly recognizes this in his later paragraphs about Islam running amok in Nigeria, Somalia, and several other failed or tottering States, from Libya to the southern province of the Phillipines, then why not use this continuing fanaticism as the reason to at long last engage in a worldwide debate about the inherent nature of Islam. And let us ask whether its peoples will ever know a lasting chance of peace and prosperity as long as Islam remains the dominant belief system among Muslims. Since every State that overthrew a dictator in power in 2011 has seen both a sharp decline in the condition and security of its people and increased danger to regional peace as jihadists have both flocked to hotspots of fanaticism and been exported to bring mayhem to other regions, especially to Europe. taking seriously the meaning of the refusal of heartland Islam to accept the establishment of tiny israel in its tiny historic homeland, that we might have spared ourselves the existential threat looming in Europe today. So I fear that there may be serious BAD NEWS alongside and within the Good News about the So how many more ISIS-like eruptions will it take before we confront the basic question of whether Islam can ever be Islam without being intolerant, Anti-Semitic, violent, misogynist, and supremacist in its thought and actions? Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments". Reader comments (38) on this item
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