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To: frgoff
...Indonesia is the most populous Muslim nation on Earth and quite peaceful, and a democracy. Ditto Turkey.

Well, here's what Daniel Pipes has to say about islam in Indonesia:

In Sulawesi, Islamists have deployed roadblocks, armored bulldozers and rocket launchers, thereby isolating the indigenous Christian community. They have also systematically targeted Christians, forcing them to convert, circumcising their children, burning churches and other buildings.

In all, Muslim-Christian clashes in Indonesia have killed more than 19,000 since 1999 and left over 600,000 displaced from their homes.

As for Turkey, it was forcibly secularized, and is civilized only to the extent it can suppress islam. We in the West have come to realize that islam IS jihad, given the reality of islam as demonstrated by the life of Mohamed , the Koran, the hadiths, and islam's long and bloody history.

33 posted on 11/09/2005 8:27:57 AM PST by teawithmisswilliams (Question Diversity)
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To: teawithmisswilliams

Those would be Wahabbists.

Wahabbism is dangerous. Failure to recognize that and paint all of Islam with a broad brush is an excellent way to lose this war.


34 posted on 11/09/2005 8:54:38 AM PST by frgoff
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To: teawithmisswilliams

Thanks for handling that.


56 posted on 11/09/2005 3:46:08 PM PST by junta (It's Jihad stupid!)
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