What Exactly Does This Test Measure? :: Reader comments at Daniel Pipes

Submitted by UC Berkeley Political Scientist (United States), Mar 10, 2006 at 19:21

... Because Pipes has purposely chosen questions of debate even within Islam, I fail to see how a test of such bias measures moderation. ...

On a side note, I did pass your test, but it proves nothing.

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	Title	Commenter	Date	Thread
1	Passing Daniel Pipes' test should be mandatory to be called a decent modern person [87 words]	Prashant	Jan 24, 2017 04:28	235748
	What "failed" means [136 words]	Fwaz	Apr 21, 2013 09:49	205368
1	You must fail...or you aren't a Muslim [55 words]	Marcus	Aug 21, 2010 09:12	177043
	I failed the test as well...Al Hamdulillah [6 words]	Islam Will Prevail	Aug 5, 2010 01:09	176357
	I failed :D [40 words]	Jasmine	May 7, 2009 09:18	155068
1	how can I take the test, I wanna fail it too! [11 words]	murhaf	Jan 16, 2010 16:23	155068
	Hamza Yusuf a patsy? [46 words]	graeme	Jul 25, 2010 07:43	155068
	Defining Islam [29 words]	JC	Sep 9, 2008 10:54	138177
4	I like Hamza Yusuf, from an Orthodox Christian [75 words]	Elias	Jun 28, 2008 11:33	133689
	I Failed, Yessss!!!! [26 words]	Saqib	Jun 1, 2009 17:48	133689
	my high model [23 words]	adnan	Jan 24, 2008 19:50	118917
	brother hamza i think you are doing a great job out there. [79 words]	amal hassan	Dec 29, 2007 21:03	117094
	Hi Hamza, I have some further questions [650 words]	Archimedes	Apr 16, 2007 13:21	89401
	Takfir is not the solution [206 words]	Johan	Nov 19, 2011 11:52	89401
2	zaytuna.org [275 words]	Subriah	Oct 25, 2006 23:03	64509
	Hamza [162 words]	David	Oct 26, 2006 22:31	64509
	Read this. [755 words]	Subriah	Oct 27, 2006 21:50	64509
1	Thanks for your comments Subriah [1365 words]	Archimedes2	Apr 17, 2007 11:00	64509
	Interesting. [351 words]	Anoy.	Apr 21, 2007 07:32	64509
	Stick to breakfast cereal; it's more nutritious [608 words]	Archimedes2	Apr 22, 2007 23:37	64509
	Shorter response [141 words]	Archimedes2	Apr 23, 2007 09:44	64509
2	Hamza is not Islam [221 words]	Nisrein	Apr 26, 2007 20:57	64509
	there's only one Islam [930 words]	Khalil	Sep 14, 2006 10:07	55920
	Hamza Yusuf in NPR glowpiece [43 words]	Charlie Quidnunc	Sep 11, 2006 15:15	55564
	unfair test [9 words]	randy	Aug 21, 2006 19:54	53648
	test..proves what??so hamza yusuf didnt pass daniels test...big deal he is not a perfect person.. [133 words]	ali	Aug 9, 2006 00:23	52150
	Failed the test! [84 words]	Harald Yahya Köpping	Apr 20, 2006 03:12	43634
	may God bless your efforts [60 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	Eimad	Apr 18, 2006 22:23	43534
	What Exactly Does This Test Measure? [38 words]	UC Berkeley Political Scientist	Mar 10, 2006 19:21	39679
1	Reply from a fellow Professor with PhD [470 words]	archimedes2	Apr 16, 2007 13:48	39679
	Not getting it [141 words]	Khuram Hussain	Jan 5, 2006 18:16	31141
	l love you Hamza Yusuf one [51 words]	khaloo	Apr 15, 2007 06:01	31141
	respect note [29 words]	leen al_masri	Jun 2, 2009 08:29	31141