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Islam: A Religion Based on Peace (The Very Worst Article on Islam?)
The Daily Trojan ^ | April 6, 2005 | Tony Chiorazzi

Posted on 04/23/2005 5:28:03 PM PDT by quidnunc

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The Very Worst Article on Islam?

The Very Worst Article on Islam? Call me unfair for picking on a college journalist, but "Islam: a religion based on peace" by Tony Chiorazzi in the University of Southern California's Daily Trojan today is my candidate for this prize. It has every platitude, inaccuracy, and banality in the book, from mistranslating the word Islam to getting the number of Muslims in the United States wrong to that hoary business about "A Muslim can't be a terrorist, and a terrorist can't be a Muslim." Readers are challenged to send me examples they find yet more egregious.

(Daniel Pipes in danielpipes.org, April 6, 2005)
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1 posted on 04/23/2005 5:28:04 PM PDT by quidnunc
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""What is the second-largest religion in the United States? Islam. And what is the nation's fastest-growing religion? You guessed it. The Islamic movement is on the rise, and its presence is alive and flourishing at USC.""


Actually Islam is 2 % of the US! Not the second largest!
2 posted on 04/23/2005 5:32:35 PM PDT by LauraleeBraswell ( We must stand behind TOM DELAY!)
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I believe that MORMONISM is the fastest growing religion in the US. I could be wrong on that one though.


BUT ISLAM IS NOT THE SECOND LARGEST RELIGION IN THE US!


3 posted on 04/23/2005 5:33:20 PM PDT by LauraleeBraswell ( We must stand behind TOM DELAY!)
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What a bunch of crap.


4 posted on 04/23/2005 5:33:38 PM PDT by JOHANNES801
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Any religion that must advertise that it is a "religion of peace," is not a religion of peace.


5 posted on 04/23/2005 5:34:16 PM PDT by Brilliant
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1389908/posts


6 posted on 04/23/2005 5:35:15 PM PDT by Cornpone (Aging Warrior -- Aim High -- Who Dares Wins)
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I'm SORRY ISLAM IS 1 %! DID YOU HEAR THAT- 1 % of the USA!


Religions:
Definition Field Listing
Protestant 52%, Roman Catholic 24%, Mormon 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 1%, other 10%, none 10% (2002 est.)


- http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/us.html#People


7 posted on 04/23/2005 5:35:20 PM PDT by LauraleeBraswell ( We must stand behind TOM DELAY!)
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What a load of BS! "Hijab is a chance for a woman to express herself totally - to express her ideas - to express her identity and personality without being identified as a desirable sex object," she said. "The hijab lets women focus on what's important, what's inside."

Why don't the men have to abide by this "power"? No wonder liberals love this religion. It makes no sense and it is all a huge mess of confusion, lies, double-speak and murder.

8 posted on 04/23/2005 5:35:40 PM PDT by vpintheak (Liberal = The antithesis of Freedom and Patriotism)
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"The word Islam means peace in Arabic,"

--> Above quote from article. Well well, Islam means Peace? In my own opinion, i don't trust an american that is all about peace aka liberal, democrat etc... So why the hell would i trust some religion packaged as "peace" in arabic? Shiiit!, do i look like i fell off the boat an hour ago and i'm still packed in ice?


9 posted on 04/23/2005 5:35:57 PM PDT by 1FASTGLOCK45 (FreeRepublic: More fun than watching Dem'Rats drown like Turkeys in the rain! ! !)
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Any religion that must advertise that it is a "religion of peace," is not a religion of peace.
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Now you hit the target! Yes, and they target the liberal institutions to spread and indoctrinate. Peace, my rear, tell that to the thousands of ghosts in the World Trade Center...


10 posted on 04/23/2005 5:36:58 PM PDT by EagleUSA (q)
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"So I would just like Christians to realize that we are all brothers."

I wonder if they said this same BS to Spain back when they conquered it.

11 posted on 04/23/2005 5:36:58 PM PDT by SIDENET (Yankee Air Pirate)
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It's not a religion. It's a cult.
12 posted on 04/23/2005 5:37:02 PM PDT by Spruce
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"Women are actually considered an asset in Islam, Solis said." So, I guess the more wives you have, the stronger your balance sheet.


13 posted on 04/23/2005 5:37:11 PM PDT by sportutegrl (You can take my sport utility when you pry my cold dead hands from the keys.)
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"The Daily Trojan" - sounds more like a high school condom promo....


14 posted on 04/23/2005 5:37:22 PM PDT by Old Sarge (In for a penny, in for a pound, saddlin' up and Baghdad-bound!)
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See my post 7- it's only 1 % of the USA!


15 posted on 04/23/2005 5:38:16 PM PDT by LauraleeBraswell ( We must stand behind TOM DELAY!)
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Yolanda Solis, an adviser to MSA and administrative assistant for the computer science program, said one of the biggest misconceptions about Islam is that the status of women is lower than men...


16 posted on 04/23/2005 5:38:33 PM PDT by tahotdog
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If I stopped laughing right now, I would have to cry---there are so many unbelieveable statments in there it is scary---

Isn't USC a state university, or is it private, because they sure are proud of using the university as a place to evangelize for their "religion"....


17 posted on 04/23/2005 5:39:13 PM PDT by Txsleuth (Mark Levin for Supreme Court Justice!)
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"The word Islam means peace in Arabic,"

I just spoke with my unit's Arab linguist.

"Islam" means "Submission".

If they're willing to lie about their language, what else will they lie about?

18 posted on 04/23/2005 5:39:17 PM PDT by Old Sarge (In for a penny, in for a pound, saddlin' up and Baghdad-bound!)
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I want everyone here to know this article's second sentences is a LIE!


ISLAM IS ONLY 1 % of the USA!!!


Religions:
Definition Field Listing
Protestant 52%, Roman Catholic 24%, Mormon 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 1%, other 10%, none 10% (2002 est.)


http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/us.html#People


19 posted on 04/23/2005 5:40:40 PM PDT by LauraleeBraswell ( We must stand behind TOM DELAY!)
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Well, i'll be a Donkey's azz! Submission? no shit.
Now, why am i not surprised. Thanks for clarifying.


20 posted on 04/23/2005 5:40:56 PM PDT by 1FASTGLOCK45 (FreeRepublic: More fun than watching Dem'Rats drown like Turkeys in the rain! ! !)
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