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Atheists & Agnostics

Lordquinton

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11. what we can do is refuse to let anyone claim that they aren't islamic

Reply to RussBLib (Original post)

Thu Sep 25, 2014, 03:21 PM

Sep 2014

A common claim is that they are not true Muslims, so don't group them with other Muslims, but islam has to ow up to their extremeists like Christianity has to own up to theirs.

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what, if anything, can be done to combat the excesses of Islam, such as ISIS? [View all] RussBLib Sep 2014 OP

This link was given to me in another thread: trotsky Sep 2014 #1

thanks. I just read that article, but... RussBLib Sep 2014 #3

Here's how I see it: trotsky Sep 2014 #17

Bear in mind that the original Arab Spring CJCRANE Sep 2014 #2

As a former resident of Muslim countries I'll try, but... onager Sep 2014 #4

"a few thousand years" RussBLib Sep 2014 #5

1. stop dancing at the end of their string. Warren Stupidity Sep 2014 #6

UAE’s first female fighter pilot likely dropping bombs on ISIS militants in Syria onager Sep 2014 #7

how will those poor ignorant ISIS fighters know who killed them? RussBLib Sep 2014 #8

In their videos it will always be the US. Warren Stupidity Sep 2014 #10

What we need is a whole squadron of women Curmudgeoness Sep 2014 #12

Here you go... onager Sep 2014 #13

I salute them. Curmudgeoness Sep 2014 #20

it's probably better to have them killed by Muslim women and not American, French or British women RussBLib Oct 2014 #22

Put that alongside the fact that saudi money is at least partially funding isis. Warren Stupidity Sep 2014 #9

Put that alongside the fact that saudi money is at least partially funding isis. AlbertCat Sep 2014 #14

Our ally, the Saudi government, is not representative of the Saudi people Act_of_Reparation Sep 2014 #18

So, I think you'll find the Saud family wants.... AlbertCat Sep 2014 #19

what we can do is refuse to let anyone claim that they aren't islamic Lordquinton Sep 2014 #11

Disclaimer: I am woefully ignorant of the Middle east LostOne4Ever Sep 2014 #15

I think... NeoGreen Sep 2014 #16

Some book recommendations... onager Sep 2014 #21

Follow the oil Cartoonist Oct 2014 #23