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Reader comment on item: [West Africa:] New Route to the West
Submitted by Howard E. Cook (United States), May 31, 2006 at 00:50
Religion comes from the Latin religare, to tie back or tie it all together. Does a political issue become a religious issue when it all ties together?
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| Creation of State of Islam in Somalia [44 words] | Fakira | Jul 19, 2006 17:49 | 50227 | ||
| [West Africa:]New Route to the West art. No.3634 [113 words] | S.C.Panda | Jun 27, 2006 04:39 | 48223 | ||
 Vote Bank Politics [172 words] | Thiagarajan.S | Aug 8, 2006 07:10 | 48223 | ||
| Comment on [West Africa] New Route to the West [17 words] | S.C.Panda | Aug 10, 2006 03:20 | 48223 | ||
| Finally we win the war! [77 words] | Anil Mittal | Jun 27, 2006 02:26 | 48218 | ||
| A Different take from Barcelona [247 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Joseph DiFrances | Jun 14, 2006 22:34 | 47692 | ||
| 1 | New Goths? [226 words] | Vijay | Jun 11, 2006 06:42 | 47423 | |
| Historical irony [135 words] | Vijay | Jun 7, 2006 10:45 | 47239 | ||
| What is racism? [184 words] | Octavio Johanson | Jun 7, 2006 07:01 | 47222 | ||
| to Octavio n Babies of Beslan: on racism [419 words] | Anubhav Singh | Jun 13, 2006 04:09 | 47222 | ||
| Anubhav Singh [78 words] | Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan | Jun 13, 2006 15:46 | 47222 | ||
| carter fault2 [57 words] | cyrus | Jun 7, 2006 06:42 | 47221 | ||
| Would it prove Daniel's right? [77 words] | Pavel | Jun 5, 2006 09:23 | 47103 | ||
| let's hope [16 words] | Sidda | Jun 5, 2006 21:04 | 47103 | ||
| Racism in Europe - Laxmi Mittal Case [86 words] | Anil Mittal | Jun 4, 2006 03:31 | 47026 | ||
| Nice post, Anil [78 words] | Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan | Jun 6, 2006 00:56 | 47026 | ||
| Then, ban European companies! [147 words] | Octavio Johanson | Jun 6, 2006 10:36 | 47026 | ||
| Anil Mittal - you reached pretty far back to find a European example [146 words] | Sully | Jun 7, 2006 01:25 | 47026 | ||
| Racism in Europe - Laxmi Mittal Case [168 words] | Vijay | Jun 7, 2006 05:26 | 47026 | ||
| Anil: An Untouchable? [33 words] | Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan | Jun 7, 2006 19:48 | 47026 | ||
| Good Point Mr Octavio [15 words] | Yoven | Jun 8, 2006 09:52 | 47026 | ||
| You created problems in India - Golden Bird [72 words] | Anil Mittal | Jun 11, 2006 06:36 | 47026 | ||
| Anil: Pass that buck! [174 words] | Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan | Jun 11, 2006 17:05 | 47026 | ||
| Whats wrong with you Vijay? [153 words] | Anil Mittal | Jun 12, 2006 08:52 | 47026 | ||
| Reply to Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan [232 words] | Yoven | Jun 12, 2006 11:44 | 47026 | ||
| I stand corrected! [98 words] | Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan | Jun 12, 2006 18:26 | 47026 | ||
| 2 | Indian never attacked on any country [149 words] | Proud Mangol | Jun 13, 2006 02:22 | 47026 | |
| Reply to Yoven - Did I say anything about Indian Caste System [213 words] | anilmittal@rediffmail.com | Jun 13, 2006 02:59 | 47026 | ||
| Anil Mittal - a voluntary dhimmi [556 words] | Vijay | Jun 13, 2006 06:34 | 47026 | ||
| aryans are indian [111 words] | Abdul Rahman Reijerink | Jun 13, 2006 06:53 | 47026 | ||
| Thank you Vijay [24 words] | Yoven | Jun 13, 2006 14:46 | 47026 | ||
| Sorry Abdul Rahman Reijerink [14 words] | Yoven | Jun 13, 2006 15:32 | 47026 | ||
| to Sword of Islam [181 words] | Sidda | Jun 13, 2006 15:33 | 47026 | ||
| Sidda [253 words] | Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan | Jun 14, 2006 18:27 | 47026 | ||
| correction [144 words] | true believer | Jun 20, 2006 04:03 | 47026 | ||
| What are you on about [24 words] | Lee | Mar 7, 2007 04:36 | 47026 | ||
| to laxmi mittal [96 words] | koolkat | Aug 31, 2007 05:24 | 47026 | ||
| to Anil and Babies of Beslan [121 words] | AS | Jun 18, 2010 07:53 | 47026 | ||
| Rogue? [96 words] | Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan | Jun 20, 2010 02:45 | 47026 | ||
| Arab racism /pan-Arab (against Jews, radical Islamism/history guidance even to secular Arabs. [2019 article]) [1111 words] | Sony | Apr 4, 2022 16:15 | 47026 | ||
| 1 | Two state solution in Israel has many problems [250 words] | Prashant | Apr 5, 2022 21:21 | 47026 | |
| New route to the West? [177 words] | Ed Gordon | Jun 3, 2006 02:02 | 46963 | ||
| ed [77 words] | ahmad zafire | Jun 3, 2006 22:51 | 46963 | ||
| Comments by Sayed to my letter [45 words] | Ed Gordon | Jun 9, 2006 11:56 | 46963 | ||
| Global Change [1294 words] | Yoven | Jun 2, 2006 16:47 | 46943 | ||
| yoven [200 words] | ahmad zafire | Jun 3, 2006 23:16 | 46943 | ||
| Well said Yoven [29 words] | Richard Lion heart | Jun 4, 2006 01:02 | 46943 | ||
| to Yoven [714 words] | Sidda | Jun 5, 2006 21:02 | 46943 | ||
| Europe's besiegement [212 words] | Jan Vink | Jun 2, 2006 11:50 | 46921 | ||
| Rats, Ship, Sinking [79 words] | Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan | Jun 2, 2006 18:36 | 46921 | ||
| Quality and reproduction [115 words] | G.Bisvas | Jun 2, 2006 05:28 | 46909 | ||
| Bisvas - I believe you just "proved" that we are all the descendants of the weak and foolish [112 words] | Sully | Jun 3, 2006 00:57 | 46909 | ||
| 2 | What is Ghandism or Socialism ???? [114 words] | Proud Aryan | Jun 4, 2006 01:44 | 46909 | |
| to sully [53 words] | G.Bisvas | Jun 4, 2006 06:08 | 46909 | ||
| 1 | Colonization and modernization! [101 words] | Harrak | Jun 7, 2006 22:27 | 46909 | |
| Citizens of this forum! The new way to the west is what the west needs to suvive [328 words] | Harrak | Jun 1, 2006 19:04 | 46882 | ||
| The Ponzi scheme to end all Ponzi schemes [184 words] | Sully | Jun 3, 2006 01:07 | 46882 | ||
| everything is wrong with immigration [132 words] | Yuval Brandstetter MD | Jun 3, 2006 15:18 | 46882 | ||
| Sully! Yuval! [27 words] | Harrak | Jun 3, 2006 16:53 | 46882 | ||
| yuval brandstetter md [103 words] | ahmad zafire | Jun 3, 2006 22:42 | 46882 | ||
| intelligent immigration [70 words] | AS | Jun 18, 2010 07:47 | 46882 | ||
| Canada -- Terrorist Haven [146 words] | J.S. | Jun 1, 2006 16:53 | 46875 | ||
| USA Terrorist Haven [132 words] | Harrak | Jun 3, 2006 10:38 | 46875 | ||
| 1 | Canada Loves Muslims [136 words] | Infidel | Jun 3, 2006 18:22 | 46875 | |
| Arrest Of 17 Terrorists Proves Canada Has Its Terrorist Problems To Deal With [39 words] | AnneM | Jun 5, 2006 15:21 | 46875 | ||
| I live in Canada, I'm a Canadian citizen...I would *HOPE* it's a "wake-up" call...but... [230 words] | J.S. | Jun 5, 2006 19:45 | 46875 | ||
| Canada terror problems come from the states of america [68 words] | Harrak | Jun 6, 2006 08:45 | 46875 | ||
| 1 | Can you say Islamic Republic of Canadistan - J. S. [60 words] | Jaladhi | Jun 6, 2006 18:17 | 46875 | |
| "Wahabi ideology" Does Not Come From The West [22 words] | AnneM | Jun 6, 2006 23:32 | 46875 | ||
| "Wahabi ideology" Does Not Come From The West [206 words] | Vijay | Jun 9, 2006 10:30 | 46875 | ||
| Immigration - Who needs it? [412 words] | Bill Gibbons | Aug 5, 2008 23:50 | 46875 | ||
| NO WAY [3 words] | ROCKSTAR | Mar 6, 2014 03:09 | 46875 | ||
| Tribal law v.s. Rule of Law :The"Have Nots" are trashing the 'Have's' party in France [251 words] | Ben van de Polder | Jun 1, 2006 11:55 | 46850 | ||
| European invasion [128 words] | Al Ramey | May 31, 2006 23:51 | 46825 | ||
| Dian West, Washington Times [131 words] | Al Ramey | Jun 2, 2006 12:17 | 46825 | ||
| Re:The New Road to the West's sucide and slow demise [262 words] | T.T.S | May 31, 2006 18:53 | 46811 | ||
| What can be done? [250 words] | Richard Lion heart | May 31, 2006 13:56 | 46800 | ||
| What can be done? Here's what! [34 words] | Kevin M | May 31, 2006 20:09 | 46800 | ||
| Agree with Lion Heart [222 words] | David S | Jun 1, 2006 12:13 | 46800 | ||
| Richard Lion heart finally learned from the morals and bravery of Saladin [87 words] | Harrak | Jun 1, 2006 19:20 | 46800 | ||
| Saladin smiles upon his friend Bush [125 words] | Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan | Jun 2, 2006 18:27 | 46800 | ||
| Fully agree with richard [19 words] | tariq | Jun 3, 2006 10:30 | 46800 | ||
| Jihadism and the crusaders [41 words] | Harrak | Jun 3, 2006 16:58 | 46800 | ||
| Harraknophobia! [292 words] | Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan | Jun 5, 2006 15:04 | 46800 | ||
| To Sword of Islam [166 words] | Sidda | Jun 5, 2006 19:48 | 46800 | ||
| Well-Intentioned Misadventures v Self-Interested Disengagement: Which is the better of the two evils? [849 words] | Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan | Jun 6, 2006 16:23 | 46800 | ||
| on Saladin [85 words] | AS | Jun 18, 2010 07:06 | 46800 | ||
| Immigration to western countries [26 words] | Avraham Isaac Yarzemski | May 31, 2006 11:26 | 46791 | ||
| Harsh realities confront soft intentions [230 words] | Sully | May 31, 2006 10:13 | 46785 | ||
| Make a problem an opportunity. [186 words] | Charles Smyth | May 31, 2006 10:02 | 46783 | ||
| Canary Islands - haven for illegals [142 words] | Mike Randall | May 31, 2006 08:56 | 46774 | ||
| The problem with paying danegeld [391 words] | Kenneth S. Besig | May 31, 2006 07:42 | 46770 | ||
| paradox [47 words] | cyrus | May 31, 2006 06:22 | 46766 | ||
| re:paradox [61 words] | American Idiot | Jun 1, 2006 16:52 | 46766 | ||
| carter fault [60 words] | cyrus | Jun 2, 2006 17:06 | 46766 | ||
| Americans are who are at fault [535 words] | American Idiot | Jun 3, 2006 17:25 | 46766 | ||
| Globalization without immigration [93 words] | Peter de Carvalho | May 31, 2006 05:29 | 46764 | ||
| The name-calling [84 words] | Octavio Johanson | May 31, 2006 05:00 | 46761 | ||
| 1 | European liberals are breeding themselves out of existence; can we learn from their mistakes? [623 words] | Tyler | May 31, 2006 02:02 | 46752 | |
| time to make them happy at home [19 words] | Laura Maizels | May 31, 2006 01:19 | 46750 | ||
| If only we knew how to "help the have-nots." [71 words] | Sully | May 31, 2006 09:47 | 46750 | ||
 "an all-consuming issue" [27 words] | Howard E. Cook | May 31, 2006 00:50 | 46749 | ||
| New Route to the West [130 words] | steven L | May 31, 2006 00:09 | 46748 | ||
| Possible solution [133 words] | Vijay | May 31, 2006 05:19 | 46748 | ||
| Possible Solution II [92 words] | Vijay | May 31, 2006 05:26 | 46748 | ||
| 1 | Why to stop Immigration? Why we should change our values and culture???? [182 words] | Ayran Khan | Jun 1, 2006 02:35 | 46748 | |
| The Only Solution: I [220 words] | Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan | Jun 1, 2006 19:42 | 46748 | ||
| Why we should change our backward values and failed culture???? [265 words] | Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan | Jun 1, 2006 20:10 | 46748 | ||
| muslims come to West for the money [181 words] | tim conway | Jun 1, 2006 20:53 | 46748 | ||
| To Ayran Khan [202 words] | Vijay | Jun 3, 2006 09:33 | 46748 | ||
| 32 | Stop immigrants from entering Canada [183 words] | john doe | Jun 20, 2006 13:28 | 46748 | |
| good [14 words] | bob | Dec 2, 2008 13:10 | 46748 | ||
| do not enter [133 words] | Jai Doe | Jun 25, 2010 01:28 | 46748 | ||
| yes [7 words] | Jackson Myers | Feb 28, 2011 13:55 | 46748 | ||
| Slaughtering Sheep: The Planned Destruction of Canada's Soverignty Through Immigration... [19 words] | shawn | Mar 4, 2011 15:57 | 46748 | ||
| 1 | Canadian Political Parties To Vote For In The Next Elections... [16 words] | research canadian | Mar 11, 2011 16:50 | 46748 | |
| Very True [174 words] | Tushar | Mar 31, 2011 08:19 | 46748 | ||
| Stop Immigration. [26 words] | Barb | Apr 13, 2011 10:54 | 46748 | ||
| asian immigrants [218 words] | catbun | Jun 30, 2011 02:06 | 46748 | ||
| Stop Immigration [173 words] | Pam Garfield | Aug 18, 2011 12:21 | 46748 | ||
| I should have a job but I don't because [451 words] | Jane | Dec 27, 2013 14:46 | 46748 | ||
| New Routes to the West or old moves [186 words] | Nenette Grunberg | May 30, 2006 23:16 | 46744 | ||
| New Routes to the West or old moves [37 words] | Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan | Jun 1, 2006 20:13 | 46744 | ||
| sword of islam [178 words] | Richard Lion heart | Jun 2, 2006 16:26 | 46744 | ||
| Richard: Intellectual Bankrupty [152 words] | Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan | Jun 3, 2006 23:25 | 46744 | ||
| Block immigration if the system cannot assimilate. [306 words] | Barry Walters | Aug 23, 2008 05:53 | 46744 | ||
| War ain't what it used to be... was. [109 words] | SHmuel HaLevi | May 30, 2006 23:08 | 46742 | ||
| Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind [323 words] | Michael | May 30, 2006 23:01 | 46741 | ||
| FDR's great deal [148 words] | Donald O | May 30, 2006 22:30 | 46739 | ||
| Reap What You Sow [59 words] | Blackspeare | May 30, 2006 21:19 | 46736 | ||
| Reap What You Sow [70 words] | Vijay | May 31, 2006 05:34 | 46736 | ||
| Excellent point [83 words] | Harrak | May 31, 2006 11:48 | 46736 | ||
| Interesting [230 words] | John R. | May 30, 2006 19:49 | 46728 | ||
| It's happened before... [39 words] | Kevin M | May 30, 2006 19:35 | 46726 | ||
| To Kevin [20 words] | Richard Lion heart | May 31, 2006 13:31 | 46726 | ||
| You're too funny, Lion-Hearted [104 words] | Kevin M | May 31, 2006 20:03 | 46726 | ||
| Kevin [51 words] | Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan | Jun 1, 2006 20:24 | 46726 | ||
| You are wrong on Rome Kevin [261 words] | Richard Lion heart | Jun 2, 2006 00:36 | 46726 | ||
| To sword of islam [133 words] | Richard Lion heart | Jun 2, 2006 16:54 | 46726 | ||
| Has this guy actually heard of The Romans? [731 words] | Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan | Jun 2, 2006 18:17 | 46726 | ||
| Once again, you're making up an argument I never made! [166 words] | Kevin M | Jun 2, 2006 22:18 | 46726 | ||
| to Richard [233 words] | Sidda | Jun 2, 2006 23:07 | 46726 | ||
| Richard Kitty Litter applies to the Klan! [93 words] | Kevin M | Jun 3, 2006 19:02 | 46726 | ||
| Richard: English Classes [105 words] | Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan | Jun 3, 2006 23:35 | 46726 | ||
| Once again you are running in circles [192 words] | Richard Lion heart | Jun 4, 2006 00:57 | 46726 | ||
| sword of islam:, lacks basic understanding [97 words] | Richard Lion heart | Jun 5, 2006 17:33 | 46726 | ||
| Richard Lion-Heart: King of the Non-Sequitur [300 words] | Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan | Jun 5, 2006 17:39 | 46726 | ||
| We will become all Brasilians [260 words] | Octavio Johanson | Jun 5, 2006 17:48 | 46726 | ||
| Kevin: you keep revealing your intellectual deficiency [194 words] | Richard Lion heart | Jun 5, 2006 18:20 | 46726 | ||
| Richard: From the Horse's Mouth [93 words] | Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan | Jun 7, 2006 19:58 | 46726 | ||
| Asia [41 words] | John R | May 30, 2006 19:25 | 46724 | ||
| Sides [122 words] | John R. | May 30, 2006 19:21 | 46723 | ||
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| What FDR recommended [134 words] | David W. Lincoln | May 30, 2006 18:42 | 46721 | ||
| Methodology [142 words] | Harrak | May 30, 2006 18:02 | 46719 | ||
| Excellent article [54 words] | Octavio Johanson | May 30, 2006 18:02 | 46718 | ||
| Immigration to the West [38 words] | Michael Zondag-Hans | May 30, 2006 17:16 | 46710 |
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