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Islam is not reformable
Reader comment on item: Smoking Out Islamists via Extreme Vetting
in response to reader comment: The source of Radical Islamic Terrorism?
Submitted by marlan (Belgium), Mar 20, 2017 at 05:52
Islam is not reformable. No totalitarian system is reformable. Any bidʻah (innovation) is stricly forbidden in Islam. You remove one brick from the wall and the whole - totalitarian, therefore holistic - system collapses. Gorbatchev paid the price. You cannot feed the wolf and keep the goat whole (czech - my native country - proverb). To "reform" Islam and to keep it as "Islam" (to keep what exactly ?) A totalitarian system can only be thrown out, as a whole. Sooner or later.
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| Islam is totalitarianism, a cult disguised as a "religion" [58 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Jay | Jan 29, 2022 07:06 | 278545 | ||
| 1 |  How about opposing absurdly wrong principles of Islam? [231 words] | Prashant | Jan 29, 2022 15:11 | 278545 | |
| Ruling Against Religious Law Versus Religious Freedom [253 words] | M Tovey | Jan 30, 2022 15:53 | 278545 | ||
| American Religious Liberty: Freedom From Religion vs. Freedom for Religion [340 words] | Robert | Mar 30, 2017 06:06 | 238021 | ||
| Poor, Misunderstood, Khalid Masood - British Born London Terrorist [268 words] | Robert | Mar 23, 2017 14:46 | 237856 | ||
| 1 | Muslims Aren't Terrorists, But Terrorists Are Muslims [368 words] | Robert | Mar 20, 2017 13:52 | 237785 | |
| 1 | A tweet by Ben Shapiro to Reza Aslan: "You're Gross"! [206 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | dhimmi no more | Mar 12, 2017 18:04 | 237560 | |
| 3 | Note that Hirsi Ali doesn't think even 'moderate Islam' is the answer [73 words] | Anon | Mar 14, 2017 10:48 | 237560 | |
| 2 | Ayaan Hirsi Ali v Erdogan on Islam [51 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 16, 2017 11:19 | 237560 | |
| 1 | I think Reza Aslan should work for democracy in Islamic world [149 words] | Prashant | Mar 16, 2017 23:35 | 237560 | |
| Vetting Christians and Jews [48 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Eben | Mar 11, 2017 13:36 | 237515 | ||
| 4 | Middle East Migrants [14 words] | mjazzguitar | Mar 8, 2017 20:34 | 237245 | |
| 7 | Smoke out the Islamists [53 words] | Larry R. | Mar 1, 2017 06:18 | 237066 |
| What about American born Islamists? [211 words] | Nadia | Mar 9, 2017 16:50 | 237066 | ||
| 11 | Follow up to: Smoke out the Islamists [595 words] | Larry R. | Mar 10, 2017 11:25 | 237066 |
| 5 | Reply to: What about American born Islamists? [428 words] | Larry R. | Mar 11, 2017 07:20 | 237066 | |
| what to do with the Muslim quandary? [122 words] | allan enkin | Mar 16, 2017 19:32 | 237066 | ||
| 1 | Dr Pipes, what say you about the apparently ironically named Department of Homeland Security? [77 words] | Anon | Feb 26, 2017 15:00 | 236999 | |
| Nat Security Advisor McMaster seems to think Muslims shouldn't be vetted at all! [109 words] | Michael S | Feb 26, 2017 00:15 | 236990 | ||
| Vetting v Extreme vetting [284 words] | dhimmi no more | Feb 24, 2017 11:44 | 236951 | ||
| Smoking Out Islamists by Self-Selection [119 words] | Martin J. Malliet | Feb 24, 2017 06:35 | 236947 | ||
| 1 | Interview questions [241 words] | Carl Goldberg | Feb 22, 2017 19:37 | 236896 | |
| 3 | The Torah & the Talmud; Christ & the Church [773 words] | Robert | Feb 25, 2017 22:30 | 236896 | |
| 2 | Verses to use in vetting [637 words] | Michael S | Feb 28, 2017 04:43 | 236896 | |
| The only problem with limiting Islamist immigration, is the current American state of confusion [213 words] | Michael S | Feb 28, 2017 05:05 | 236896 | ||
| 1 | Historical and Moral Issue - 100 Years of Racism after Slavery [213 words] | Robert | Mar 3, 2017 06:48 | 236896 | |
| 1 | Simple statement of fact [77 words] | Prashant | Mar 3, 2017 23:05 | 236896 | |
| God, save us from Left Wing "morality". [153 words] | Michael S | Mar 6, 2017 03:46 | 236896 | ||
| 1 | "Parable of the Good Samaritan" vs. "Racism" [411 words] | Robert | Mar 9, 2017 02:35 | 236896 | |
| We disagree completely, about racism, religion and some other matters. [473 words] | Michael S | Mar 11, 2017 13:35 | 236896 | ||
| Congress, Religion, & Racism [584 words] | Robert | Mar 14, 2017 12:24 | 236896 | ||
| Race, "Racism" and Morality [588 words] | Michael S | Mar 16, 2017 06:44 | 236896 | ||
| When the Bible Judges Racism [317 words] | M Tovey | Mar 17, 2017 15:17 | 236896 | ||
| matter of definition. [90 words] | Mohammed Waza Khiddif id'Ullah | Mar 18, 2017 01:33 | 236896 | ||
| "Race " meaning - Oxford English Dictionary [347 words] | Robert | Mar 20, 2017 02:15 | 236896 | ||
| Races vs. Pseudo-races [248 words] | Michael S | Mar 20, 2017 22:40 | 236896 | ||
| "Racism" is a greatly exaggerated phenomenon [451 words] | Michael S | Mar 21, 2017 00:28 | 236896 | ||
| The First Amentment is more constrained by federal policy, than by Islam [140 words] | Michael S | Mar 21, 2017 00:46 | 236896 | ||
| Exactly, refugees can go home once the war is over [115 words] | Nadia | Apr 24, 2017 11:57 | 236896 | ||
| Division if in Israel, It was and is always cultural. Not related to "racism". By in large. [376 words] | Ely Postal | Jun 21, 2020 13:00 | 236896 | ||
| 2 | Almost lynching of two non Zionists Jews proves again Arab Islamic racism of "conflict" [118 words] | Meir S | Dec 2, 2021 15:38 | 236896 | |
| 1 | Islamic doctrinal hatred of Jews should not be glorified as racism [84 words] | Prashant | Dec 2, 2021 21:40 | 236896 | |
| Anti-Semitism and hatred of Jews. Palestine Branch [26 words] | Lulu | Dec 10, 2021 16:50 | 236896 | ||
| Anti-Semitism and hatred of Jews. Palestine Branch (translated article) [1668 words] | Lulu | Dec 11, 2021 21:14 | 236896 | ||
| 2 | Arabs physicality attack a 60-yrs old Jew as he accidentally entered "Palestine" area [92 words] | Nili | Dec 30, 2021 09:42 | 236896 | |
| Racist Arab masses: May.10.21 'brutal' example in Jaffa [620 words] | Cindy | Sep 18, 2022 19:22 | 236896 | ||
| 5 | Does the 14 Amendment to the USA Constitution Bar President Donald Trump from Stopping Muslim Immigrants ? No. [331 words] | Robert | Feb 17, 2017 11:47 | 236785 | |
| why not a full ban? [202 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Mitch Fugger | Feb 16, 2017 04:17 | 236754 | ||
| There Are No Peaceful Muslims [78 words] | ben | Feb 20, 2017 12:26 | 236754 | ||
| how a 100% ban would in effect surrender border control [65 words] | myth | Feb 22, 2017 12:19 | 236754 | ||
| You may be right, Ben [28 words] | Michael S | Feb 26, 2017 00:09 | 236754 | ||
| 5 | Is It Unconstututional for thr President to Discriminate Against Foreign Muslim Immigrating to the USA ? [171 words] | Robert | Feb 13, 2017 23:19 | 236706 | |
| 4 | simple rules [105 words] | Mohammed Waza Khiddif id'Ullah | Feb 16, 2017 04:51 | 236706 | |
| The animals are loose [109 words] | Michael S | Feb 26, 2017 00:04 | 236706 | ||
| Some questions are way too bias against a religious person"s right to believe [120 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Daniel | Feb 13, 2017 01:26 | 236682 | ||
| CIS and extreme vetting. [106 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Jay Willingham | Feb 12, 2017 13:17 | 236664 | ||
| Objectivizing the process: Islamicity Index? [226 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Yochanan | Feb 12, 2017 08:08 | 236656 | ||
| 1 | You Are dealing with MUslims [121 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Gloria Stewart | Feb 11, 2017 23:31 | 236646 | |
| Why admit Muslims? [165 words] | Gloria Stewart | Feb 17, 2017 21:21 | 236646 | ||
| 2 | ban [18 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | helen | Feb 10, 2017 00:59 | 236570 | |
| 3 | The Establishment Clause in the Context of the Fifth & Fourteenth Amenments (USA) [473 words] | Robert | Feb 12, 2017 15:53 | 236570 | |
| 2 | Vetting without explicit reference to Islam [365 words] | Chaim Yankel | Feb 9, 2017 15:25 | 236557 | |
| 4 | Establishment of Islam as the Religion of the USA by Islamists [637 words] | Robert | Feb 9, 2017 14:26 | 236552 | |
| Who are Islamists? [197 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Andrew Anderson | Feb 2, 2017 11:39 | 236240 | ||
| Extreme vetting [65 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | FatherJon | Feb 1, 2017 16:59 | 236206 | ||
| A simple, three-step, approach [307 words] | Michael S | Feb 7, 2017 17:21 | 236206 | ||
| 1 | ... one-sided [91 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Mars | Feb 1, 2017 12:39 | 236201 | |
| 1 | Porque? [31 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | carlos alberto feldman | Feb 1, 2017 12:32 | 236199 | |
| Distinguir malas intenciones de Buenos - [247 words] | M Tovey | Feb 6, 2017 17:12 | 236199 | ||
| People who deny Radical Islamic Terrorism, including Gen. McMaster, undermine America [479 words] | M Shoemaker | Feb 26, 2017 04:24 | 236199 | ||
| Not All of America's Enemies Are Muslim [311 words] | M Tovey | Feb 27, 2017 11:45 | 236199 | ||
| Even President Sisi welcomes use of the term "Radical Islamic Terrorism" [223 words] | Michael S | Mar 3, 2017 14:59 | 236199 | ||
| Radical Islamic Terrorism: Not the Only Threat to America [243 words] | M Tovey | Mar 6, 2017 16:48 | 236199 | ||
| Turkey- [333 words] | Michael S | Mar 8, 2017 01:57 | 236199 | ||
| How much of world's GNP is wasted on Islam? [408 words] | Prashant | Mar 8, 2017 22:40 | 236199 | ||
| Religion is 24/7, or it is not a religion [137 words] | Michael S | Mar 11, 2017 12:42 | 236199 | ||
| 3 | Antidisestablishmentarianism vs. Establishing Creeping Islamism in the United States [289 words] | Robert | Feb 1, 2017 12:07 | 236198 | |
| All we are saying,is give Trump a chance [226 words] | Stan | Feb 1, 2017 08:09 | 236182 | ||
| 9 | The real problem is neither "muslims" nor "islamists" [69 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | marlan | Feb 1, 2017 06:22 | 236177 | |
| People are people and not ideology [186 words] | myth | Feb 5, 2017 15:10 | 236177 | ||
| A totalitarian system has to be removed, sooner or later [63 words] | marlan | Feb 7, 2017 10:09 | 236177 | ||
| Two wrong views [78 words] | PezDispenser | Feb 14, 2017 04:08 | 236177 | ||
| There is nothing such as "moderate" islam [34 words] | marlan | Feb 16, 2017 07:34 | 236177 | ||
| Reply [91 words] | PezDispenser | Feb 20, 2017 05:18 | 236177 | ||
| we need muslims in the West to defeat islamism [139 words] | myth | Feb 22, 2017 12:47 | 236177 | ||
| 1 | I do not believe in islam-free muslims [123 words] | marlan | Feb 24, 2017 06:43 | 236177 | |
| 1 | In-order to defeat Islamism support moderate Muslims and for sure never support the Muslim Brotherhood [194 words] | dhimmi no more | Feb 27, 2017 08:32 | 236177 | |
| vet indivuduals and don't cooperate with islamic organizations [231 words] | myth | Mar 3, 2017 03:27 | 236177 | ||
| I am sure the "islamists" will be smoked out of the United Islamic States [101 words] | marlan | Mar 4, 2017 10:13 | 236177 | ||
| 1 | There are violent doctrines in Islam [117 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 6, 2017 08:18 | 236177 | |
| The source of Radical Islamic Terrorism? [100 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 6, 2017 08:38 | 236177 | ||
| 1 |  Islam is not reformable [83 words] | marlan | Mar 20, 2017 05:52 | 236177 | |
| Pointless Questioner [34 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Nathan Metric | Feb 1, 2017 06:15 | 236175 | ||
| 1 | A perfect answer to my letter on the Trump ban published in the Jerusalem Post yesterday: [207 words] | Mladen Andrijasevic | Feb 1, 2017 02:37 | 236164 | |
| Ineffective ban [95 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Anon | Jan 31, 2017 18:06 | 236143 | ||
| Re: Ineffective ban [240 words] | Anon | Feb 2, 2017 21:30 | 236143 | ||
| 1 | Repeated questions [135 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Mark | Jan 31, 2017 14:53 | 236133 | |
| Muslims do not consider it wrong to lie. [38 words] | Michael S | Feb 1, 2017 03:41 | 236133 | ||
| non serious Trump [100 words] | AS | Feb 4, 2017 05:08 | 236133 | ||
| 2 | With whom does the burden of proof lie? [74 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Stu Fagin | Jan 30, 2017 22:08 | 236088 | |
| 5 | My Letter to jpost.com on Trump's Travel Ban [129 words] | Dave | Jan 30, 2017 21:07 | 236084 | |
| religious tests vs ideological test [766 words] | Erich Wieger | Jan 30, 2017 20:38 | 236083 | ||
| 6 | American Constitutional Rights - for the Rest of (Wo)mankind [620 words] | Robert | Jan 31, 2017 13:36 | 236083 | |
| 1 | "Cheat Codes" [260 words] | Mark Hummel | Jan 31, 2017 21:06 | 236083 | |
| correction [172 words] | Erich Robert Wieger | Feb 1, 2017 13:37 | 236083 | ||
| 1 | Protecing the Rule of American Law - America's Protection is the World's Protection [411 words] | M Tovey | Feb 1, 2017 19:03 | 236083 | |
| 3 | The only way to vet refugees [145 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Gamaliel | Jan 30, 2017 18:20 | 236075 | |
| Questions? Born to lie! [99 words] | Nick Bointon | Feb 1, 2017 08:32 | 236075 | ||
| 4 | The "10%-15% of Muslims who are Islamists" [368 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Peter | Jan 30, 2017 12:40 | 236074 | |
| 1 | irrational omission of Saudi Arabia ,Morocco, Tunesia, Algeria [43 words] | myth | Jan 31, 2017 16:53 | 236074 | |
| active criminals same age group as active islamists [137 words] | myth | Feb 27, 2017 06:12 | 236074 | ||
| 7 | Contemplating Amendment XXVIII to the USA Constitution [677 words] | Robert | Jan 30, 2017 07:55 | 236064 | |
| Congress cannot alter the Bill of Rights; but this shouldn't be a major problem for our President [625 words] | Michael S | Jan 31, 2017 08:03 | 236064 | ||
| 1 | islamic violence against the West in pre 1791 times in Saint Tropez [112 words] | myth | Jan 31, 2017 16:46 | 236064 | |
| Feeling left out? [121 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Moderate Pragmatist | Jan 30, 2017 00:39 | 236042 | ||
| Scary [202 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Nazim Abdullayev | Jan 29, 2017 17:05 | 236022 | ||
| 4 | President Donald Trump supports LGTBQ Rights [349 words] | Robert | Jan 31, 2017 12:36 | 236022 | |
| 1 | Resentment and fear, out of nowhere [285 words] | Jeff | Jan 31, 2017 15:35 | 236022 | |
| not going to happen [366 words] | Mohammed Waza Khiddif id'Ullah | Feb 1, 2017 04:19 | 236022 | ||
| 64% populists [122 words] | Jeff | Feb 7, 2017 15:50 | 236022 | ||
| 3 | "Do you support Israel, or Zionism?" "Yes." "Let her in !" [102 words] | Robert | Jan 29, 2017 15:10 | 236019 | |
| 5 | This Discrimination "Wuestionaire" Discriminates Against Very Bad Muslims - an Inadvertance ? [316 words] | Robert | Jan 29, 2017 14:31 | 236017 |
| 4 | CAIR Florida Disnonesty: "American Muslim" Means Canadian Citizen [111 words] | Robert | Jan 29, 2017 14:02 | 236008 | |
| Just nationality? [12 words] | Gabriel | Jan 29, 2017 08:30 | 235975 | ||
| 2 | Comment [141 words] | Barbara Skiba | Jan 28, 2017 19:57 | 235940 | |
| 3 | can the US send the applicant back? [122 words] | myth | Jan 28, 2017 16:45 | 235931 | |
| 1 | Treaties between States/Countries Governing Deportation [142 words] | Robert | Jan 29, 2017 14:51 | 235931 | |
| 2 | It's the new converts who are dangerous [138 words] | Michael S | Jan 30, 2017 06:03 | 235931 | |
| Questions for the Muslim Applicant for a Visa to the US!! [142 words] | Paul Warren | Jan 30, 2017 22:56 | 235931 |
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