[Cecily]

I wish she had pointed out that the teachings and commands in the Muslim holy book (Koran) are quite different from those in the Bible. For example, the Bible commands us not to lie. The Koran says it is okay to lie to enemies and infidels.

[cdcdawg]

Stewart is either dense or evil. His limited intellect combines with his irrational hatred of Christianity for a wonderful misunderstanding of history that his hipster audience will eat up.

[Thidwick]

Jon Stewart’s audience needed to hear from Hirsi. Maybe one or two bulbs have been illuminated.

[Erik Latranyi]

Socialist (liberals) love what islam represents....a strong centralized state with no allowance for dissent and now allowance of faith in anything other than the central leadership.

[pallis]

Islam isn’t capable of a Reformation that will bring it out of the Dark Ages into modern civilization. Islam is the Dark Ages. If the rest of the world doesn’t come to an understanding that was so clear centuries ago, Islam will drive the world again into the Dark Ages. It’s the nature of the Beast.

Silly liberals think they can love and tolerate Islam into something it isn’t.

[bjc]

I bet he never read the book. I have no idea what Jon Stewart was babbling about and I am not sure he did either. If his point was that historically and even today terrible things are done in the name of religion, well I doubt anybody is going to disagree. I would much rather have heard from Ayaan Hirsi Ali how blatant misogyny and general intolerance can be removed from Islam. Then Stewart can have someone else on to talk about it in the Catholic Church and Orthodox Judaism.

[zencycler]

Hirsi was the perfect messenger. Stewart was forced to be polite and deferential, and we all know why.

[Savage Beast]

most Christians have “accepted tolerance and the secular state, the separation of church and state, respect for women, respect for gays,” a point with which Stewart did not fully agree.

The problem with Stewart is that he is not terribly bright and doesn't realize his limitations.

Evidently his fans have the same problem.

[austinaero]

What an amazing woman.

[Savage Beast]

Ali pointed out that there are a “growing number” of Muslims–although not as many as she would like–who are “saying that there is something wrong within our religion,” instead of “pointing their fingers towards Jews or Christians or American foreign policy.

Belief systems tend to be very deeply entrenched.

The burning of heretics, the Inquisition, torture chambers, etc. did not shake the faith of numerous Christians in the Middle Ages, and how far off the beam can anyone get? How thoroughly can anyone pervert the teachings of Jesus?

Some of history's bloodiest battles were fought to bring Europe out of this darkness.

The atrocities committed by Muslims today shock the world, but they may not be sufficient to shake the faith of the faithful.

[Rummyfan]

Maybe Stewart agrees with clitorectomies. Case closed right there.

[Demiurge2]

When Jon Stewart interviews a genuine intellectual, it’s almost painful to watch, he’s so obviously out of his depth.

[Chad N. Freud]

"host Jon Stewart attempted to challenge her assertion that Islam is different from . . . Islam" ----- What?