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Reader comment on item: Trump's Saudi Speech: Pretty Good
Submitted by Michael Vanyukov (United States), May 22, 2017 at 20:10
Islamism, as Erdogan would confirm, is a Western-made redundancy. The ideology is Islam. "Islamism" would be analogous to "FascismISM".
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| Trump's Legacy: "US moves to shield Saudi crown prince in journalist killing" [234 words] | Robert | Nov 18, 2022 06:34 | 288788 | ||
| 1 | Political Islam, the House of Saud, the Al ash-Sheikh "Family," & Jamal Khassoggie. [494 words] | Robert | Oct 19, 2018 10:45 | 245575 | |
 Help our dear Robert [60 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 19, 2018 16:38 | 245575 | ||
| 1 | Al ash-Sheikh - Saudi Arabia's leading religious family [122 words] | Robert | Oct 19, 2018 19:39 | 245575 | |
| The regressive left and Jamal Khashoqji and Raif Badawi! [85 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 20, 2018 07:55 | 245575 | ||
| Reader Robert's message re political Islam [382 words] | Prashant | Oct 21, 2018 16:35 | 245575 | ||
| Helping our dear Robert [29 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 22, 2018 14:26 | 245575 | ||
| 3 | The "United States of" India [490 words] | Robert | Oct 22, 2018 15:36 | 245575 | |
| 1 | Al ash-Sheikh on Wikipedia [52 words] | Robert | Oct 22, 2018 17:42 | 245575 | |
| Our dear Robert and another form of Islam in KSA? Sobhanallah! [93 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 23, 2018 08:05 | 245575 | ||
| Our dear Robert and his history lesson for today! محمد بن عبد الوهاب والوهابية [124 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 23, 2018 13:08 | 245575 | ||
| 1 | "1979, the year that changed arts and culture in Saudi Arabia" - Al Arabiya [49 words] | Robert | Oct 23, 2018 15:13 | 245575 | |
| Our dear Robert and his Martian Arabic [32 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 23, 2018 15:33 | 245575 | ||
| 1 | Music and Women Singers in Saudi Arabia until the late 1970's. [242 words] | Robert | Oct 23, 2018 15:34 | 245575 | |
| Helping our dear "Robert" with his Martian Arabic! And deciphering آل الشيخ [401 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 25, 2018 06:39 | 245575 | ||
| Trump is more dangerous than Terrorism [31 words] | Ben | Jun 3, 2017 18:37 | 239444 | ||
| Trump Dangerous? By Whose Opinion - the Terrorists and their Minions - or the True American Citizen [219 words] | M Tovey | Jun 9, 2017 18:09 | 239444 | ||
| 1 | Trump strengthened two important axis [161 words] | Anon | May 26, 2017 21:34 | 239321 | |
| 1 | Nuclear power Iran cannot happen; nothing else matters much [35 words] | Michael S | May 27, 2017 01:56 | 239321 | |
| Weapons to KSA [142 words] | Prashant | May 29, 2017 18:24 | 239321 | ||
| 3 | All we need to know about London bombing we already know. [190 words] | Prashant | May 25, 2017 23:26 | 239308 | |
| 1 | All arabian leaders looked very bored during Trump's speech [33 words] | Prashant | May 23, 2017 23:30 | 239275 | |
| The trip doesn't seem to have really been about the Middle East [203 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Michael S | May 23, 2017 02:04 | 239254 | ||
| 4 |  Islam vs Islamism [19 words] | Michael Vanyukov | May 22, 2017 20:10 | 239244 | |
| The Logical View [434 words] | Free Pen | May 22, 2017 15:41 | 239238 | ||
| Shia Radicalism [39 words] | Muhammad Ardeshir | May 22, 2017 11:26 | 239234 | ||
| 1 | The root cause is beyond Shia and Sunni [114 words] | Prashant | May 27, 2017 11:21 | 239234 | |
| Shia Radicalism [58 words] | Muhammad Ardeshir | Jun 12, 2017 01:55 | 239234 | ||
| Applauding Muhammad Ardeshir [90 words] | Prashant | Oct 23, 2018 06:29 | 239234 | ||
| 2 | Profound insight [48 words] | Larry R. | May 22, 2017 10:09 | 239233 | |
| Trump's Saudi Speech---- Bold and Smart [44 words] | Anne-USA | May 22, 2017 07:42 | 239232 | ||
| 1 | I agree with [37 words] | Dajjal | May 22, 2017 06:17 | 239231 | |
| 1 | Islamism....Oh no!!! [109 words] | ECAW | May 22, 2017 02:08 | 239227 | |
| 2 | So: exactly how is "extremist terrorism" more "islamist" than "islamic"??? [266 words] | UNCLE VLADDI | May 21, 2017 23:45 | 239226 | |
| 1 | Great arguments, Unk But You Omitted One [28 words] | Dajjal | May 23, 2017 01:39 | 239226 | |
| 1 | Trump's Speech [57 words] | Ilbert Pillips | May 21, 2017 22:15 | 239220 | |
| Trump's Understanding of the Real World [44 words] | DENNIS ALLEN DURKOP | May 21, 2017 21:19 | 239219 | ||
| 1 | Can Saudi Arabia become a sacred land? [358 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Prashant | May 21, 2017 20:49 | 239218 | |
| 2 | Unfortunately, islam CANNOT be reformed! [958 words] | UNCLE VLADDI | May 23, 2017 18:31 | 239218 | |
| Conservatives Can't Consider India Sacred Either [94 words] | Raul Marks | May 28, 2017 22:18 | 239218 | ||
| Some wrong directions too [135 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Anish | May 21, 2017 20:20 | 239217 | ||
| 3 | To define and separate good Muslims from Bad is the responsibility of Muslims [218 words] | Prashant | May 25, 2017 00:01 | 239217 |
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