[manwiththehands]

(donning my "Newbie" anti-flame underwear)

I've been asking the same questions for YEARS. And I can answer all of Mr. Prager's questions:

We are NOT fighting a "war on terror". We are fighting a war against ALL of Islam. Period. Islam's centuries-long sins of omission are just as bad as their sins of commission.

[Scarchin]

The answers to these questions are clearly presented in Spencer's book The Politically Incorrect Guiide to Islam. This book is a MUST READ and great ammo for the next time some dupe tries to tell you about the "Religion of Peace."

[BibChr]

I am not a big Prager fan -- but this is a good column. I'd like to see a credible Muslim response.

Dan

[wardaddy]

actually...and I hate to admit this.

but George Haddad who was a Pali terr.....was Christian.

[Alouette]

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[Cicero]

It's obvious enough why all the Muslims are quiet. Either they agree with the terrorists, or they prefer not to have their heads cut off by their fellow Muslims.

What's more interesting to me, is why all the world's leftists are quiet about these atrocities. Many Europeans, Americans, and "civilized" people of all sorts sympathize entirely with the Muslim "insurgents."

[Convert from ECUSA]

Major ping!

[SJackson]

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[ZULU]

"(1) Why are you so quiet? "

Either tacitly support it, or are afraid of the fanatics.

"(2) Why are none of the Palestinian terrorists Christian?"

Terrorism, although practiced by Christian groups, is not a part or parcel of any recognized organized Christian group living today.


"(3) Why is only one of the 47 Muslim-majority countries a free country?"

There is no tradition of democracy in Islam, and, as demonstrated in Medieval Europe, theocracy cannot coexist with democracy.

"(4) Why are so many atrocities committed and threatened by Muslims in the name of Islam?"

What we view as atrocities, they view as acts of piety and devotion.

"(5) Why do countries governed by religious Muslims persecute other religions?"

It is a long standing tradition of Islam to consider non-Muslims living under their control as second class citizens. Even in the fairly enlightened (for Islam) Middle Ages, Christians and Jews, as "people of the book" were tolerated as long as they didn't proselytize, practice their religion openly, or bore weapons. They also couldn't hold office or testify in court against a Muslim or attempt to convert a Muslim. Non-Christians and non-Jews who were not People of the Book and not Muslims were forcibly converted or killed. These are basic tenets of Islam DESPITE the contradictory statement about their not being any compulsion in religion in the Quran.

Muslims divide the world into the House of Peace (Dar es Salaam) where Islam is the official state religion and Muslims are in control, and the House of War (forgot what they call it) where Islam is not the controlling religion. It is the duty of all Muslims to expand Islam at the expense of the House of War. Whether they do it by example and conversion or by force is a choice, apparently, of the version of Islam they practice as well as personal attitudes.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks for the ping. Seems like these are rhetorical questions though. ;')

[Aquinasfan]

This is in the LA Times? The end of the world must be right around the corner.

[Sam Gamgee]

Wow, brave article from the LA Times

[Natural Law]

He who controls the language controls the argument. We need to use the phrase "the Cult of Wahabi" whenever and where ever possible. We stand little chance of wholescale conversion from Islam, but we can help plant the seeds of an Islamic reformation.

[Tribune7]

After all, they argue, Timothy McVeigh is never labeled a "Christian terrorist."

That's because McVeigh was an atheist.

[A Ruckus of Dogs]

Why are none of the Palestinian terrorists Christian?

Very early on in the conflict, some of them actually were.