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Busting the Media’s ISIS Myths: What's Wrong with ISIS is What's Really Wrong with Islam
FrontPage Mag ^ | 08/14/2014 | Daniel Greenfield

Posted on 08/14/2014 9:07:31 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 08/14/2014 9:07:31 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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“Wahhabi armies have been attacking Iraq in order to wipe out Shiites for over two hundred years.”

This goes back to the 7th century (or maybe earlier).


2 posted on 08/14/2014 9:15:09 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: SeekAndFind

ISIS has shown the world what will happen in any country where Islam gains numerical superiority.

Ferguson, Mo has shown the world what will happen when blacks achieve numerical superiority through out this country.


3 posted on 08/14/2014 9:18:29 AM PDT by DJ Taylor (Once again our country is at war,and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The brutality of islam started from its very foundation.

Read up how Mohammed treated the Jews and Christians who had settled around Mecca and Medina.

Barbaric cruelty is part of Islam’s DNA.


4 posted on 08/14/2014 9:22:13 AM PDT by 353FMG
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"the armies of Islam were radicalized in the time of Mohammed and have never been de-radicalized.

The Caliphate, like the Reich, is a utopia which can only be created through the mass murder and repression of all those who do not belong. This isn’t a new vision. It’s the founding vision of Islam.

What is wrong with ISIS is what is wrong with Islam."


5 posted on 08/14/2014 9:23:11 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (FREE REPUBLIC: Bring a FRiend!)
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To: SeekAndFind

I constantly talk about how islam is violent and persecuting. My wife tries to convince me that the radicals are interpreting the Koran incorrectly and that it is a religion of peace. I tell her that muslim silence only shows that they approve of what is being done by the radicals.


6 posted on 08/14/2014 9:23:13 AM PDT by rfreedom4u (Your feelings don't trump my free speech!)
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6 Weeks
50%
FReepers??????

Support It Or Lose It

7 posted on 08/14/2014 9:26:16 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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Muslims really have to live a schizophrenic worldview.

On the one hand, they know that basic human decency requires them to be kind to their fellow men.

On the other hand, there’s the example of Muhammad who they consider the most perfect of men. This is the prophet who according to their own sources slaughtered people, married and had sex with an under-aged girl, and taught that Infidels ( i.e., non-Muslims ) should either convert or be treated unequally by Muslim authorities.

I would have to say that most Muslims who want to be decent have to IGNORE these unsavory aspects of Muhammad, or take their holy books seriously and really follow Muhammad’s example.

The closer one is to the Koran and Hadith and the more one takes them seriously, the more violent one becomes.


8 posted on 08/14/2014 9:31:22 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Lawrence of Arabia tried to unite the Arabs. Fortunately he failed. Like trying to homogenize oil and water.


9 posted on 08/14/2014 9:32:50 AM PDT by dvan (Send Them Home!Napolatono)
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Fortunately for us they are un-united and hate each other probably more than they hate America. Or is it that they are able to reach each other easier than us?


10 posted on 08/14/2014 9:35:25 AM PDT by dvan (Send Them Home!Napolatono)
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Lawrence of Arabia tried to unite the Arabs.

Lawrence....Lawrence of Arabia.

He's an English Guy

He came to fight the Turkish

11 posted on 08/14/2014 9:36:45 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: SeekAndFind

I have two t-shirts that I wear in public. One says “Mohamed Sucks” and the other says “I stand with Israel.” The muslims here in Houston just give me dirty looks but none ever say anything to me. If they did I would simply point out their hypocrisy regarding their appearance (no Islamic garb) in public. The women often appear in public without a male escort and even drive cars!!! What would mad mo think of that?


12 posted on 08/14/2014 9:44:46 AM PDT by rfreedom4u (Your feelings don't trump my free speech!)
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Christians have waged Holy War in the past, most notably in the Crusades. They were fairly obviously an attempt to import the concept of jihad into Christianity.

The problem, as you point out, is that Christian Holy War is largely an oxymoron. Waging it requires carefully ignoring most of what Christianity stands for.

OTOH, for Muslims, not waging jihad requires the same studious inattention to the fundamentals of Islam.

13 posted on 08/14/2014 9:52:23 AM PDT by Sherman Logan (Perception wins all the battles. Reality wins all the wars.)
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Christians have waged Holy War in the past, most notably in the Crusades. They were fairly obviously an attempt to import the concept of jihad into Christianity.

The problem, as you point out, is that Christian Holy War is largely an oxymoron. Waging it requires carefully ignoring most of what Christianity stands for.

OTOH, for Muslims, not waging jihad requires the same studious inattention to the fundamentals of Islam.

14 posted on 08/14/2014 9:52:32 AM PDT by Sherman Logan (Perception wins all the battles. Reality wins all the wars.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Finally, someone willing to speak the truth.


15 posted on 08/14/2014 10:42:06 AM PDT by Petrosius
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Cognitive Dissonance is the psychological term. People who live in a state of CD must overcome their internal contradictions by having some type scapegoat. In this case, anyone that points out the cognitive dissonance!

e.g. Muslim says, "How dare you insult The Prophet, he is the perfect man sent from Allah!"

Christian asks, "How could he be the perfect man...he was a desert pirate, murderer, rapist, and pedophile?"

Muslim says, "You will die for this blasphemy!"
16 posted on 08/14/2014 10:43:09 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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Due here by the year 2020 - ARE YOU READY?

1400 years – 250 MILLION innocents murdered by “the prophet" followers!!!

Why Should We Fear Islam? Dr. Bill Warner

The whole administration is stocked with islamic sympatizers!!!

Can It All Be Coincidence?

Soldier tries to warn of the dangers of Islam!

Three Star General - Muslim Influence has penetrated Pentagon

CIA Hosting Muslim Terrorists!

Muslim Brotherhood Infiltrates the White House!

Who are the Palestinians REALLY?

Remember what Eric Nordstrom said in a Congressional hearing Oct 10, 2012 …."The Taliban is on the inside of the building"

17 posted on 08/14/2014 10:47:33 AM PDT by high info voter
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To: SeekAndFind

Thus the joke that the only good muslim is a bad muslim.


18 posted on 08/14/2014 10:51:39 AM PDT by pluvmantelo (Democrats:the party of moral hazard, the IRS, the NSA and the heckler's veto)
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To: dvan
Glad that POS arabist Lawrence failed, but his romantic notion of the Arab middle east still dominates British thinking to this day.
19 posted on 08/14/2014 10:58:12 AM PDT by Sam Gamgee (May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't. - Patton)
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To: rfreedom4u

If I did that here in Canada:

1) I would be fired from my job
2) I would be hauled before a human rights commission
3) I would be investigated by a RCMP hate crimes unit.

Glad there is still free speech in Texas.


20 posted on 08/14/2014 10:59:30 AM PDT by Sam Gamgee (May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't. - Patton)
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