[sergey1973]

I think Daniel Pipes (as good scholar as he is) also misreads Islam.

Muhammad himself was a ruthless warrior bringing Islam to Arabian Penninsula by sword. He is responsible for the destructions of the Jewish Communities in Medina and other places. His successors, like Timur Tamerlane, Saladin, Sultan Mehmet, etc. are well known for their ruthless plunder and systematic destruction of infidels. If Al-Qaida, Hamas, etc. violate Koran on the rules of warfare, than the founder of Islam is violator too. It's a misconception that modern day Islamic terrorists hijacked Islam. They are in fact following the precepts of Koran, Sunna and Hadith, so Daniel Pipes is clearly wrong here.

[GodGunsGuts]

==It's a misconception that modern day Islamic terrorists hijacked Islam. They are in fact following the precepts of Koran, Sunna and Hadith, so Daniel Pipes is clearly wrong here.

Or that's what they want us to think so as to create an unnecessary civilizational war, as opposed to taking out the terrorists and their actual sponsors. My solution is this, cut off all aid, trade and tech. transfers to "Russia" and Red China, take out the dictators in Iran and Syria, problem solved. It would force Russia and Red China to divulge their hands, force the rest of the world to take sides, and defund the terrorists (which get all their arms from Russia and Red China), thus inaugurating a new Cold War (which would result in a new stalemate). Who knows we may even be able to roll back some of their recent gains, such their beachheads in Venezuela, Ecuador, Brazil, the SGO alliance, the BRICS alliance, etc. (and perhaps we could watch the Communists fall for real next time).