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The Truth About Islam
Reader comment on item: Prominent Non-Muslims Decide What Islam Is and Is Not
Submitted by Geri Ungurean (United States), Jun 14, 2016 at 20:32
Here is an article I wrote a couple of years ago about Islam. I took verses directly from the Qur'an:
The Truth About Islam
http://www.raptureready.com/soap2/ungurean7.html
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Daniel Pipes replies:
Yes, the Koran has many bellicose passages. But I look at history, not at scripture, to see how the religion has influenced its adherents.
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| 2 | No wonder Sweden is in trouble [310 words] | Dave | Oct 16, 2019 13:40 | 255453 | |
 In 'political Islam' the world 'political' is redundant. [289 words] | Prashant | Oct 17, 2019 21:34 | 255453 | ||
| A very simple tool that can establish what Islam is [222 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Prashant | Jun 4, 2017 17:29 | 239452 | ||
| Need Guides For Perplexed Dummies [90 words] | Dave | Jun 4, 2017 16:33 | 239451 | ||
 The Truth About Islam [25 words]w/response from Daniel Pipes | Geri Ungurean | Jun 14, 2016 20:32 | 230002 | ||
| 2 | We are at war and have been for 1400 years [35 words] | Michael Hanni Morcos | Jun 14, 2016 02:44 | 229984 | |
| If ISIS is not Islamic... [22 words] | Leslie | Jun 12, 2016 20:51 | 229973 | ||
| 1 | Erdogan also famously said there's no such thing as "Radical Islam" and "Moderate Islam" [27 words] | Anon. | Feb 2, 2016 12:52 | 227910 | |
| Philadelphia mayor is right [69 words] | Prashant | Jan 16, 2016 02:00 | 227681 | ||
| 2 | The mayor of Philadelphia and Mickey and Minnie have nothing to do with Disney! [24 words] | dhimmi no more | Jan 9, 2016 08:27 | 227541 | |
| Latest from Philly 8 Jan. 2016 [33 words] | Michael S | Jan 9, 2016 03:37 | 227539 | ||
| 1 | What Islam is [48 words] | George Hilbert | Dec 7, 2015 18:55 | 226853 | |
| 1 | the ONLY way to perfectly know what Islam ( sharia law ) IS is by reading the actiual koran with ones own eyes [172 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Juliette Taylor | Jul 26, 2015 19:07 | 224439 | |
| 7 | Cameron, the BBC and "Islamic State" [86 words] | dhimmi no more | Jun 30, 2015 07:32 | 224006 | |
| 6 | Islam and peace [79 words] | Mazen | Mar 23, 2015 07:01 | 222465 | |
| 5 | The wannabe theologian John Brennan [321 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | dhimmi no more | Mar 17, 2015 13:25 | 222392 | |
| 5 | Where are our anti-Mosques [359 words] | Charles Martel | Jan 22, 2015 01:48 | 220588 | |
| 1 | Beautiful + Strong Reaction to Islam by passionately knowing what we are FOR, instead of only AGAINST [252 words] | Demsci | Jan 9, 2016 12:38 | 220588 | |
| "Neo-Salafis" is a new term defined here. [19 words] | Gus Aquino | Jan 12, 2015 08:32 | 220298 | ||
| 1 | Franco-German icon of the Left Cohn-Bendit brands Islamists as fascists [208 words] | myth | Jan 12, 2015 06:39 | 220296 | |
| This seems to happening among leftists on our side of the pond [292 words] | dhimmi no more | Jan 16, 2015 07:53 | 220296 | ||
| 2 | A nation of airheads [101 words] | Michael S | Jan 8, 2015 18:10 | 220184 | |
| To Michael S. [12 words] | Kepha | Jun 26, 2015 00:16 | 220184 | ||
| 4 | Anti-Racism Has Become A Western Obsession [122 words] | Dave | Dec 14, 2014 16:26 | 219761 | |
| 1 | ROP strikes in Israel after a long time [160 words] | Prashant | Nov 19, 2014 00:27 | 219376 | |
| 1 | Israel is not the cause of war; also, Islam amounts to following Muhammed, a violent man [605 words] | Michael S | Jan 2, 2015 03:58 | 219376 | |
| 3 | reality check [351 words] | Charles Martel | Nov 10, 2014 14:43 | 219274 | |
| Challenge Muslims on the clarity or lack thereof of it's holy texts [375 words] | Demsci | Jan 10, 2016 12:04 | 219274 | ||
| Inward [68 words] | AlbertE. | Nov 4, 2014 15:06 | 219157 | ||
| Opinions on Islam [152 words] | Prashant | Sep 17, 2014 11:29 | 217979 | ||
| 9 | Prominent Non-Muslims Decide What Islam Is and Is Not [212 words] | Filthy Kafur | Sep 21, 2014 15:32 | 217979 | |
| 3 | The idiot enablers [27 words] | Winston C. | Sep 17, 2014 01:38 | 217966 | |
| Declaring beheading is nothing to do with Islam [4 words] | Filthy Kafur | Sep 18, 2014 15:00 | 217966 | ||
| Brits are the Worst [121 words] | Alex | Sep 16, 2014 21:36 | 217960 | ||
| "Brits are the worst" [182 words] | FilthyKafur | Sep 18, 2014 04:48 | 217960 | ||
| 1 | Alex, You Are Right But.... [64 words] | Nur el Masih ben Haq | Sep 19, 2014 22:58 | 217960 | |
| 5 | SECULARISM MAKES THE WEST SUBMISSIVE TO ISLAM [257 words] | Nur el Masih ben Haq | Sep 16, 2014 11:44 | 217936 | |
| 4 | "SECULARISM MAKES THE WEST SUBMISSIVE TO ISLAM" [103 words] | FilthyKafur | Sep 17, 2014 14:46 | 217936 | |
| 1 | to filthykafur [19 words] | lippy | Sep 18, 2014 11:27 | 217936 | |
| 4 | YES Filthy Kafur, "SECULARISM MAKES THE WEST SUBMISSIVE TO ISLAM" [479 words] | Nur el Masih ben Haq | Sep 18, 2014 12:00 | 217936 | |
| 1 | To Lippy [74 words] | Nur el Masih ben Haq | Sep 19, 2014 22:42 | 217936 | |
| 2 | Atheists are immoral [132 words] | Filthy Kafur | Sep 20, 2014 05:53 | 217936 | |
| rise of islam [54 words] | filthy kafur | Sep 20, 2014 19:24 | 217936 | ||
| 1 | LITTLE MINDS CAN'T RIDICULE THE GOD OF Lemaître, Newton and Plank [123 words] | Nur el Masih ben Haq | Sep 21, 2014 19:21 | 217936 | |
| little minds etc... [73 words] | filthy kafur | Sep 23, 2014 04:49 | 217936 | ||
| LITTLE MINDS CAN'T RIDICULE THE GOD OF Lemaître, Newton and Plank [180 words] | Flthy Kafur | Sep 23, 2014 05:14 | 217936 | ||
| 7 | "Moderate" Islam is the threat. [122 words] | David Olds | Sep 24, 2014 15:40 | 217936 | |
| 2 | "Moderate" Islam is the threat. [270 words] | Filth Kafur | Sep 27, 2014 11:36 | 217936 | |
| Well said [18 words] | Nick | Nov 10, 2014 10:17 | 217936 | ||
| Existence of the Almighty Cannot be Humanly Proved - Especially not Religously [858 words] | M. Tovey | Dec 15, 2014 15:32 | 217936 | ||
| 3 | ISIS MUST BE ERADICATED NOT JUST "CONTAINED" [67 words] | lippy | Sep 16, 2014 10:31 | 217935 | |
| cameron [3 words] | filthy kafur | Sep 23, 2014 06:31 | 217935 | ||
| 8 | Islam means "Peace" [200 words] | Filthy Kafur | Sep 15, 2014 16:22 | 217918 |
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