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A Good Rebuttal to Ackerman
Reader comment on item: No American Muslim Terrorists? [A Reply to Spencer Ackerman]
Submitted by David Jacob (United States), Dec 12, 2005 at 17:07
Thanks for this rebuttal to Ackerman's article in TNR, which I had read previously and was admittedly seduced by his sophistry.Dr. Pipes you've got it right with one salient statement, which I quote, "...the differences between U.S. and European Muslims have less to do with their respective social virtues than with their Muslim populations. America's Muslims tend to be engineers and doctors; Europe's tend to be factory hands and street sweepers.
" WELL SAID!
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| 3 | Increased Islamic attacks [105 words] | Stas | May 31, 2012 18:47 | 195953 | |
| Not in the MSM news [102 words] | deicidra | Mar 3, 2012 22:12 | 193854 | ||
| 1 | Irfan Kathwari Foundation Funds PBS Islam Puff-Piece [124 words] | Stan | Dec 13, 2006 13:58 | 69401 | |
| 1 | Take article and story lines to advertisers of TV shows like "Friends" [140 words] | Deborah Chavez | Dec 25, 2005 17:33 | 30553 | |
| 2 | No American Terrorists?.. Art. No.3196 [64 words] | S.C.Panda | Dec 22, 2005 05:22 | 30402 | |
| 1 |  most hatred community [34 words] | ravi rudraa | Jul 26, 2014 14:07 | 30402 | |
| 1 | How educated Muslims lie about the violent nature of Islam [235 words] | Karen | Apr 29, 2022 22:19 | 30402 | |
| Karen, you are talking too logical. [28 words] | Prashant | Apr 29, 2022 23:01 | 30402 | ||
| 1 | Re: Talks against Muslims [604 words] | Anonymous from India | Dec 21, 2005 17:25 | 30371 | |
| 1 | Very good comments [62 words] | Truth will triumph | Jan 3, 2007 18:01 | 30371 | |
| Dhimmitude from India...more like.. [49 words] | Akash | Jul 1, 2007 18:57 | 30371 | ||
| 1 | Most of the anti Muslim diatribes [232 words] | N.J. | Oct 20, 2009 01:38 | 30371 | |
| Muslim talks about secularism only where they are minors [41 words] | Aman | Oct 31, 2012 02:15 | 30371 | ||
| Oklahoma City Bombing [48 words] | Sharon Kowalski | Dec 19, 2005 11:28 | 30183 | ||
| Oklahoma City Bombing [93 words] | Patrick T. Altman | Dec 16, 2005 19:26 | 30095 | ||
| Ackerman's few! a few not even needed [129 words] | Ed Brophy | Dec 15, 2005 13:07 | 30011 | ||
| 1 | WHITE SUPREMECIST V ISLAMIC TROUBLE IN AMERICA [195 words] | Asim Ahmed | Dec 15, 2005 09:44 | 29990 | |
| @Asim Ahmed [23 words] | SFC MAC | Oct 18, 2010 09:29 | 29990 | ||
| Evolution or Eviction [165 words] | AZA346 | Dec 14, 2005 21:30 | 29974 | ||
| 1 | Americans and Europeans are still asleep [126 words] | L. Ebrahim | Dec 14, 2005 14:24 | 29959 | |
| Thank you- L.Ibraham-re tranlation from arabic [140 words] | Ed Brophy | Dec 15, 2005 13:49 | 29959 | ||
| Kahane murdered also [97 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Bruce Boyman | Dec 14, 2005 13:36 | 29957 | ||
| Marco/L.A. gangs vs. arab gangs [296 words] | P.O.D. | Dec 14, 2005 05:24 | 29931 | ||
| re: article on American muslim terrorists [10 words] | sheila | Dec 13, 2005 20:41 | 29911 | ||
| Armanious family, motive contradictions [193 words] | Merry Whitney | Dec 13, 2005 13:14 | 29877 | ||
| I know [9 words] | Anon | Dec 29, 2005 19:29 | 29877 | ||
| Australian race riots brewing for two decades. [559 words] | Marco | Dec 13, 2005 08:55 | 29864 | ||
| American Muslim Terrorists? [309 words] | Ed Gordon | Dec 13, 2005 06:14 | 29861 | ||
| 5 | Muslim terrorists in Pakistan [2756 words] | n.krishna | Dec 13, 2005 03:32 | 29854 | |
| 1 | To Krishna, Paradise is guaranteed for those who slay and are slain [361 words] | Hisham | Dec 14, 2005 17:09 | 29854 | |
| 1 | reply to NKRISHNA - hindu terrorism [50 words] | Asim Ahmed | Dec 15, 2005 09:49 | 29854 | |
| 65 | To Asim: Muslims killed 80 million hindus in 500 years (Durant and Elst) [634 words] | A.Ahmed | Dec 15, 2005 14:50 | 29854 | |
| 3 | Response to Asim Ahmed: Hindu massacres by muslims in India [77 words] | John S. | Dec 15, 2005 15:12 | 29854 | |
| Response to John S [74 words] | F Alam | Dec 16, 2005 15:18 | 29854 | ||
| Response to F Alam, Quran prescribes retaliation [148 words] | John S | Dec 19, 2005 12:00 | 29854 | ||
| Response to F.Alam [128 words] | Daniel Hassan | Dec 20, 2005 04:20 | 29854 | ||
| Response to Daniel Hassan [51 words] | F Alam | Dec 22, 2005 15:04 | 29854 | ||
| reply to asim ahmed [291 words] | jamal_USofA | Dec 30, 2005 07:41 | 29854 | ||
| 1 | when compared to the Bloody-violent track record of Islam.....Hinduism is snow white. [33 words] | Nji | Jan 6, 2006 19:22 | 29854 | |
| Glass houses should NOT throw stones [43 words] | Naji | Jan 6, 2006 19:43 | 29854 | ||
| Response to F.Alam [77 words] | S.Thiagarajan | Aug 20, 2006 08:58 | 29854 | ||
| Pipes please listen [310 words] | lilo | Oct 5, 2006 15:37 | 29854 | ||
| agreement with lilo [298 words] | valleydog | Mar 16, 2008 13:51 | 29854 | ||
| Tired of muslim excuses [89 words] | Tiredofmuslimexcuses | Dec 1, 2008 11:22 | 29854 | ||
| 1 | No American Muslim Terrorists? [58 words] | john | Apr 24, 2009 08:53 | 29854 | |
| hindu kush [56 words] | rezwan ahmed | Sep 13, 2009 20:49 | 29854 | ||
| retaliation [19 words] | barry | Feb 14, 2010 21:05 | 29854 | ||
| Facts not being publicised [103 words] | andres | Feb 19, 2012 01:32 | 29854 | ||
| Rubbish [27 words] | Shak | Apr 10, 2013 12:13 | 29854 | ||
| Prophet Muhammad's comments on setting fire on muslims house [191 words] | Salim | Oct 18, 2014 16:44 | 29854 | ||
| All Terrorists Muslims? [89 words] | Joseph Wallace | Dec 12, 2005 17:17 | 29835 | ||
| Re: Mr. Wallaces' comment [86 words] | Dan | Dec 13, 2005 11:06 | 29835 | ||
| Re: Dan's Comments [54 words] | Joseph Wallace | Dec 13, 2005 15:01 | 29835 | ||
| read this---anti terror [95 words] | arun | Dec 15, 2008 18:31 | 29835 | ||
| I beg to differ sir... [138 words] | Sourav Roy | Jun 12, 2010 11:57 | 29835 | ||
| Who or What is responsible for bring in all these Muslims? [380 words] | Yehoshua Zeller | Dec 12, 2005 17:12 | 29834 | ||
| Reply to Yehoshua Zeller [1242 words] | Mu'een Ud Deen | Dec 13, 2005 09:21 | 29834 | ||
| Confirmation and support to Yehoshua Zeller [48 words] | L. Ebrahim | Dec 14, 2005 15:03 | 29834 | ||
| Reply to Mueen Ud Deen [124 words] | L. Ebrahim | Dec 14, 2005 15:29 | 29834 | ||
| Yehoshua Zeller and L. Ebrahim lets not go down to their level [178 words] | Allonehhob | Dec 14, 2005 17:11 | 29834 | ||
| To Allonehhob, appeasement does not work [56 words] | Abdullah A. | Dec 15, 2005 12:39 | 29834 | ||
| A clarification for Allonehhob [79 words] | L. Ebrahim | Dec 16, 2005 16:52 | 29834 | ||
 A Good Rebuttal to Ackerman [74 words] | David Jacob | Dec 12, 2005 17:07 | 29833 | ||
| Americans are in denial [50 words] | Nonie Darwish | Dec 12, 2005 16:45 | 29830 | ||
| RE: No American Muslim Terrorists? [187 words] | JOverton | Dec 12, 2005 16:36 | 29827 | ||
| Homegrown or immigrant Muslim terrorists [47 words] | Donald W. Bales | Dec 12, 2005 16:33 | 29826 | ||
| How Many Terrorists Are Coming? [155 words] | Richard Brooks | Dec 12, 2005 16:27 | 29825 | ||
| 36 | US born son of Ethan Allen furniture CEO Farooq Kathwari - died fighting Jihad [434 words] | Ben van de Polder | Dec 12, 2005 15:56 | 29822 | |
| Ben Van de P [29 words] | P.O.D. | Dec 13, 2005 00:27 | 29822 | ||
| us born son of Ethan Allen ceo [268 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Elaine | Mar 24, 2006 13:01 | 29822 | ||
| 1 | Farooq Kathwari - hidden hand in Kashmir violence [119 words] | K.R.K | Jan 22, 2007 18:44 | 29822 | |
| HE IS NOT DEAD. I MET HIM TODAY [24 words] | LAURA ZAPATA | Apr 11, 2007 14:27 | 29822 | ||
| Muslim fanatisism [15 words] | Motials | Aug 19, 2008 12:23 | 29822 | ||
| more kathwari and co. [213 words] | d.e.a. | Nov 18, 2008 21:08 | 29822 | ||
| Spencer Ackerman is a damned liar and a deliberate propagandist [133 words] | rayra | Sep 5, 2010 16:12 | 29822 | ||
| CEO of Ethan Allen [55 words] | Amey | Oct 10, 2013 10:52 | 29822 | ||
| Secrecy [215 words] | Jane | Dec 12, 2005 15:50 | 29821 | ||
| The Worm Turns in Australia - The Battle of Cronulla Beach [1099 words] | Reuben Horne | Dec 12, 2005 15:38 | 29819 | ||
| Muslim assassin? [13 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Howard Schamest | Dec 12, 2005 15:36 | 29818 | ||
| Except what? [30 words] | William Fielder | Dec 12, 2005 15:17 | 29816 | ||
| Oklahoma bombing [33 words] | Maureen Thompson | Dec 12, 2005 14:22 | 29814 | ||
| Does That Include "Sleeper Cells"? [66 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Alex | Dec 12, 2005 13:56 | 29813 | ||
| The Armanious family massacre [32 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Joseph Wallace | Dec 12, 2005 13:40 | 29810 | ||
| The Armanious family was not killed by Muslims [29 words] | Ed Kehm | Dec 12, 2005 13:46 | 29810 | ||
| Was Armanious Family killed by Muslims? [87 words] | Gamaliel Isaac | Dec 12, 2005 16:04 | 29810 | ||
| Armanious may have been killed by Muslims after all [338 words] | Karl Ericson | Dec 13, 2005 02:59 | 29810 | ||
| Armanious Family massacre update [67 words] | John Ginty | Dec 15, 2005 10:01 | 29810 | ||
| Muslim Marauders [152 words] | Jay Martin Bennett | Dec 12, 2005 12:56 | 29807 | ||
| The will not to believe [68 words] | David W. Lincoln | Dec 12, 2005 12:43 | 29806 | ||
| Muslims in America & Noam Chomsky [80 words] | Elaine Fiedman Nugent | Dec 12, 2005 12:30 | 29805 | ||
| Re:Stop being too intellectually naive. [227 words] | TTS | Dec 12, 2005 11:50 | 29804 | ||
| Just Attend a Pipes Campus Speech [159 words] | Joe | Dec 12, 2005 11:37 | 29803 | ||
| Islam/terror [851 words] | kim segar | Dec 12, 2005 11:23 | 29801 | ||
| Being aware of the danger our mist. [97 words] | John Manitta | Dec 12, 2005 11:13 | 29799 | ||
| Thanks [143 words] | Sondra | Dec 11, 2005 19:26 | 29780 |
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