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Last update - 00:00 19/09/2006

What's right about Islam?

By Bradley Burston

Note: This article will be followed by an experiment. In an effort to foster rational dialogue, Talkback responses to this piece will be subject to stringent new guidelines, as specified below.

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This is, we are told over-often, the Information Age.

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So how did it happen that we know nothing of Islam?

Nothing good, at any rate. At this point, we in Israel and the West can recite chapter and verse the excesses of those who speak in the name of Islam, bomb in the name of Islam, burn churches in the name of Islam, kill a nun in the name of Islam.

We smile our thin, knowing smile when we learn that a previously unknown Muslim group calling itself "The Army of Guidance" vows to attack Christian sites in Gaza in retaliation for the remarks of "the accursed infidel the Vatican." We smirk inside when the "Lions of Monotheism" denounce the "dogs of Rome."

We cluck our disapproval of restrictions placed on women in the Islamic world. We squirm with dismay at the remarks of a Shi'ite extremist who says we are doomed because we adore life, while he and his colleagues adore death. We see Islam in every ugly form a religion could take.

But we know nothing.

Certainly, we in the news media are guiltier than most of spreading the image of the Muslim as terrorist, of Islam as the enemy.

We take prurient pleasure in reproducing the hideous masks, the chilling threats, the pre-suicide tapes, the pre-beheading tapes. We trumpet the every declaration of Ahmadinejad if it insults the West, offends the Jews, denies the Holocaust, predicts the end of America, recommends the end of Israel.

The Pope has stated that he does not share the view that the Prophet Mohammed brought "things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." But many of us, in the superficiality of our knowledge of Islam, clearly do share precisely that view.

We are thoroughly schooled in what's wrong with Islam.

What we need to know, though, is what is right with it.

Specifically, we need to hear from Muslims why it is that they love their religion as they do. What it gives them. What they feel spiritually.

We need to hear them as fellow humans, describing their faith in their own words. Not political declarations. Real emotions. We need to hear them, in order to begin to see beyond the surface, to hear from the person behind the media veil we have placed over them.

Our lack of initiative in seeking balanced knowledge of Islam, has been accompanied by a failure on the part of the Muslims in our midst to initiate outreach, to spread the wisdom of Islam with the same fervor with which its extremists have preached a doctrine of hatred.

Perhaps it makes a certain cracked sense that, of late, it is a prominent internal critic of Islam who has given us some of the more positive glimpses into a believing Muslim's faith.

In a brief but powerful examination of the controversy surrounding the Pope's quotation of the Byzantine emperor, writer Irshad Manji delivered a commentary on CBS this week that was as much about the positive aspects of Islam than it was about the dispute.

Manji, noting that she was a faithful Muslim, said that rather than resorting to violence for perceived insults to Islam, "thinking is what the Quran encourages. It asks Muslims to reflect far more than to retaliate. Even if someone mocks your religion, the Koran says, walk away. Later, engage in dialogue. Wasn't that the Pope's point?

"We Muslims should remember that God told the Prophet Mohammed to 'read.' My advice to fellow Muslims: Read the Pope's speech in its entirety and you'll see that his message of reason, reconciliation, and conversation would make him a better Muslim than most of us."

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1.	Islamic goods	10:10	\|	Yosef	20/09/06

2.	What`s right with Islam 1000 years ago	10:13	\|	Genghis Khan	20/09/06

3.	Excellent idea	10:15	\|	Maral	20/09/06

4.	TOTALLY AGREE !	10:20	\|	Messaoud	20/09/06

5.	RESPECT TO ALL OF THE GOD`S PROPHETS	10:29	\|	indrajaya	20/09/06

6.	Bradley isn`t dealing in reality	10:29	\|	David	20/09/06

7.	Why we cant see anything right	10:34	\|	Vincent	20/09/06

8.	what is right with Islam? #1	10:36	\|	Khalid	20/09/06

9.	What the West doesn`t know about Islam? #2	10:45	\|	Khalid	20/09/06

10.	Mia Culpa	10:47	\|	Karim	20/09/06

11.	what is right with Islam? #3	10:49	\|	Khalid	20/09/06

12.	David	10:49	\|	Maral	20/09/06

13.	GENGHIS KHAN.Talk about the here and now.Apartheid in Malaysia.	10:50	\|	PETER SM	20/09/06

14.	What is right with Islam? #4	10:52	\|	Khalid	20/09/06

15.	Khalid	10:54	\|	Skylark	20/09/06

16.	what is right with Islam?#5	10:55	\|	Khalid	20/09/06

17.	what`s not good about islam?	10:56	\|	wadha	20/09/06

18.	What is NOT right about Islam	11:00	\|	Nicole	20/09/06

19.	ISLAM by Mohammad Al-Asi Imam, Washington Mosque, USA.	11:01	\|	PETER SM	20/09/06

20.	to vincent : a moslem concept of honour	11:01	\|	wahbi	20/09/06

21.	Khalid-#8-	11:02	\|	Daniel Leopold	20/09/06

22.	no no khalid	11:02	\|	sweis Melbourne	20/09/06

23.	What is wrong with Islam(ism) today	11:04	\|	Shalom Freedman	20/09/06

24.	A Beautiful Religeon?	11:04	\|	Niall	20/09/06

25.	Vincent: Muslims are under duress, occupied, tormented	11:07	\|	Khalid	20/09/06

26.	INDRAJAYA`S RESPECT	11:14	\|	Isaac Leal	20/09/06

27.	Islam	11:16	\|	Brian	20/09/06

28.	What is wrong with Islam and all other religions?	11:17	\|	Daniel Leopold	20/09/06

29.	The Past vs. The Present	11:17	\|	Dror	20/09/06

30.	skylark: Israel commits crimes to protect settlements not protect	11:23	\|	Khalid	20/09/06

31.	It`s spiritual vs secular, not Islam vs Christianity	11:26	\|	Carlos	20/09/06

32.	DROR cont.	11:27	\|	Dror	20/09/06

33.	Violence in Islam is actually discouraged	11:28	\|	Khalid	20/09/06

34.	Khalid	11:39	\|	skylark	20/09/06

35.	Nicole #18: Terrorism	11:41	\|	Michael II	20/09/06

36.	To Khalid - Violence in Islam is actually discouraged	11:41	\|	Richard	20/09/06

37.	#5 Huh?	11:44	\|	What?	20/09/06

38.	glorious aspects: Ali and the Jew	11:44	\|	Khalid	20/09/06

39.	Khalid-#33 What`s wrong with Islam	11:45	\|	Daniel Leopold	20/09/06

40.	What`s Right About Islam	11:46	\|	Ammar Khalid	20/09/06

41.	Skylark...	11:46	\|	Maral	20/09/06

42.	Islam invented social security	11:48	\|	Khalid	20/09/06

43.	The wrong myths	11:49	\|	Lena	20/09/06

44.	Re: Mia Culpa	11:52	\|	Ammar Khalid	20/09/06

45.	To PETER SM	11:53	\|	Genghis Khan	20/09/06

46.	To Daniel Leopold	11:58	\|	Genghis Khan	20/09/06

47.	To Shalom Freeman	12:00	\|	Genghis Khan	20/09/06

48.	Daniel: oppressed people often lose mental equanimity	12:03	\|	Khalid	20/09/06

49.	Islamic Terror	12:04	\|	Naim S. Mahlab	20/09/06

50.	Khalid, What does this mean?	12:04	\|	JewishHeart	20/09/06

51.	To Nicole	12:08	\|	Genghis Khan	20/09/06

52.	GRIEVE	12:15	\|	Mario Fiorito	20/09/06

53.	Jewish heart	12:19	\|	Khalid	20/09/06

54.	Khalid can`t accept responsibility	12:20	\|	Richard	20/09/06

55.	Exactly!	12:21	\|	Karl	20/09/06

56.	Islam recognises the Jewish Prophets	12:26	\|	Amoz	20/09/06

57.	TO GHENGIS KHAN	12:29	\|	Nicole	20/09/06

58.	what`s wrong with Islam	12:32	\|	eliXelx	20/09/06

59.	Second Message of Islam	12:36	\|	Abdulrahman	20/09/06

60.	I protest the Koran`s many negative references to Jews!	12:39	\|	Ohev Tsion	20/09/06

61.	reply to ali and the jew	12:39	\|	eliXelx	20/09/06

62.	Bradley`s Forum	12:45	\|	Ronnie Wolman	20/09/06

63.	Muslims cannot stand EACH OTHER !!!	12:45	\|	Klaudia	20/09/06

64.	Why islam is peace and love for me	12:56	\|	Hilal	20/09/06

65.	Violence and Religion	12:58	\|	Ammar Khalid	20/09/06

66.	Mr. Burston`s claims	12:58	\|	little guy	20/09/06

67.	To Nicole	12:59	\|	Lena	20/09/06

68.	Islam and modernism c.q. capitalism	13:06	\|	Mark B.	20/09/06

69.	Ohev Tsion:It will be interesting to see the comments	13:06	\|	Ronnie Wolman	20/09/06

70.	Vincent	13:08	\|	Walid	20/09/06

71.	Mr. Burston`s claims continued	13:11	\|	little guy	20/09/06

72.	indrajaya, is it ?	13:13	\|	israel lover	20/09/06

73.	A Little Knowledge Is Dangerous	13:15	\|	Yonatan Netser	20/09/06

74.	Simple development	13:20	\|	Micha	20/09/06

75.	Strategy	13:21	\|	my horizon	20/09/06

76.	Islamic Art in V&A museum	13:23	\|	Shelly	20/09/06

77.	Excuse me...	13:25	\|	Micha	20/09/06

78.	Klaudia, what you say is not true	13:25	\|	Muslim	20/09/06

79.	Go prove how peaceful...	13:27	\|	Micha	20/09/06

80.	elixelx: because the sheep did indeed belong to Ali	13:29	\|	Khalid	20/09/06

81.	Good try Maral & Khalid	13:29	\|	skylark	20/09/06

82.	karim stop taking advantage	13:32	\|	thucydides	20/09/06

83.	ohev: the Quran rebukes Jews for deviating from	13:33	\|	Khalid	20/09/06

84.	# 28, DANIEL LEOPOLD	13:33	\|	indrajaya	20/09/06

85.	To JewishHeart: about humility in Islam	13:34	\|	Maral	20/09/06

86.	I`m curious	13:34	\|	Nechama	20/09/06

87.	elixeix: When a thousands guns are trained on you,	13:36	\|	Khalid	20/09/06

88.	eliXelx	13:38	\|	Walid	20/09/06

89.	Ohev Tsion	13:49	\|	Walid	20/09/06

90.	To JewishHeart: about humility in Islam	13:50	\|	Maral	20/09/06

91.	# 49 Khalid	13:51	\|	Shelly	20/09/06

92.	There is one god, and Muhhamed is not his messenger!	13:53	\|	Ben	20/09/06

93.	About the Adoration of Death 1	13:55	\|	Karim	20/09/06

94.	# 73, ISRAEL LOVER	13:55	\|	indrajaya	20/09/06

95.	Excusing Micha	13:57	\|	Michael II	20/09/06

96.	Well, Shylark...	13:58	\|	Maral	20/09/06

97.	khalid	14:01	\|	Sam	20/09/06

98.	# 54 Khalid	14:02	\|	Shelly	20/09/06

99.	# 79- Muslim...Yes, sadly, It IS true	14:03	\|	Klaudia	20/09/06

100.	About the Adoration of Death 2	14:05	\|	Karim	20/09/06

101.	"There is no compulsion in religion"	14:08	\|	Le Maudit Anglais	20/09/06

102.	maral	14:09	\|	Israeli	20/09/06

103.	Islam is peace and democracy!	14:11	\|	Mohamed Osman	20/09/06

104.	# 54 Khalid 2	14:11	\|	Shelly	20/09/06

105.	POLITICS, ISLAM AND THE WEST	14:13	\|	Messaoud	20/09/06

106.	About the Adoration of Death 3	14:15	\|	Karim	20/09/06

107.	# 74- Yonatan Nester	14:21	\|	Klaudia	20/09/06

108.	For Khalid regarding People of the Book	14:21	\|	Mimi	20/09/06

109.	# 25 Khalid 3	14:23	\|	Shelly	20/09/06

110.	To Nechama re #87	14:24	\|	Nadir	20/09/06

111.	Translations Sura 9, Verse 29:	14:31	\|	Mimi	20/09/06

112.	To Yosef No.1 - About the Religion & the State	14:35	\|	Karim	20/09/06

113.	In defiance of politcal correctness	14:35	\|	Sidney	20/09/06

114.	# 25 Khalid 4	14:40	\|	Shelly	20/09/06

115.	to Jews, Christians and Moslems	14:42	\|	Walid	20/09/06

116.	# 106, MESSAOUD	14:42	\|	indrajaya	20/09/06

117.	Great article	14:43	\|	Alex Friday	20/09/06

118.	About the Preach of a Doctrine of Hatred	14:46	\|	Karim	20/09/06

119.	Islam and democracy are incompatible	14:46	\|	Dimitris	20/09/06

120.	Is this a message of love?	14:50	\|	Sidney	20/09/06

121.	Go Shelly!	14:50	\|	Niall	20/09/06

122.	# 25 Khalid 5 - the last	14:51	\|	Shelly	20/09/06

123.	What`s right about Islam? it doesn`t matter	14:52	\|	joe	20/09/06

124.	To Nicole No. 18 - Granted but Shall we Define Terrorism ?	14:56	\|	Karim	20/09/06

125.	Understanding Is a Two Way Street	14:59	\|	Tony Anthony	20/09/06

126.	Justification for jihad	15:02	\|	Sidney	20/09/06

127.	To Niall No. 24 - Misconceptions	15:08	\|	Karim	20/09/06

128.	To Carlos No. 31 - Very Well Said	15:10	\|	Karim	20/09/06

129.	holocaust cartoons	15:13	\|	skylark	20/09/06

130.	Humility and Islam	15:13	\|	JewishHeart	20/09/06

131.	About Islam	15:15	\|	Nannette	20/09/06

132.	HERE IS WHAT IS WRONG!	15:15	\|	Tala	20/09/06

133.	To Amoz No. 57 - Correct	15:17	\|	Karim	20/09/06

134.	Muslims, Please talk straight	15:17	\|	Joel in Albany	20/09/06

135.	Walid, well put	15:20	\|	Maral	20/09/06

136.	cooking	15:22	\|	corona	20/09/06

137.	to Khalid #25 part 1	15:23	\|	Vincent	20/09/06

138.	Don`t blame Islam...You can blame Muslims	15:23	\|	Malad	20/09/06

139.	Islam	15:26	\|	Bader Abu-Ghosh	20/09/06

140.	Indrajaya	15:27	\|	Nik Miller	20/09/06

141.	To Khalid #25 part 2	15:30	\|	Vincent	20/09/06

142.	Here is what I suggest:	15:31	\|	JewishHeart	20/09/06

143.	David/Maral	15:31	\|	confused	20/09/06

144.	Karim	15:33	\|	Itsik	20/09/06

145.	To Dimitri No. 120 - Sharia & Democracy	15:36	\|	Karim	20/09/06

146.	Shelly, do you think blanket bombing children and women in	15:36	\|	Khalid	20/09/06

147.	Literacy, comprehension and reason	15:36	\|	bruce	20/09/06

148.	Khalid - Look at the reality of Islam	15:37	\|	Fairplay	20/09/06

149.	Maral on jewish heart	15:39	\|	confused	20/09/06

150.	joe - What`s right about Islam? it doesn`t matter	15:42	\|	fk	20/09/06

151.	Dimitris: islam is not completely compatible with democracy	15:42	\|	Khalid	20/09/06

152.	To MIMI#112 and SIDNEY#121 - FIRST PART	15:43	\|	Messaoud.	20/09/06

153.	Regarding translations.	15:46	\|	Mimi	20/09/06

154.	# 31, Carlos what Christian or Islamic democracy?	15:48	\|	bruce	20/09/06

155.	Naked women are more dangerous than boms	15:48	\|	Richard	20/09/06

156.	Shelly the neocon supporter	15:49	\|	Khalid	20/09/06

157.	Klaudia: sunnis support IRan, but the America`s	15:52	\|	Muslim	20/09/06

158.	To .B.Burston. A RESPONSE,,,,,,,,,,,	15:53	\|	Kathy	20/09/06

159.	JewishHeart, you`re missing the point	15:55	\|	Maral	20/09/06

160.	To Maral	15:56	\|	Nik Miller	20/09/06

161.	Just see it for what it is	16:02	\|	Jam	20/09/06

162.	To Khalid and other apologists of Islam	16:04	\|	Fairplay	20/09/06

163.	No misconception to Karim	16:05	\|	Niall	20/09/06

164.	Vincent, Saddam had WMD?	16:07	\|	Maral	20/09/06

165.	arim to Niall re: Misconception	16:12	\|	fk	20/09/06

166.	The myths/ the sense	16:13	\|	Lena	20/09/06

167.	To Joel No. 135 - Talking Straight	16:14	\|	Karim	20/09/06

168.	Joel in Albany: Criticisms within Islam	16:20	\|	Ronnie Wolman	20/09/06

169.	# 142 Khalid 1	16:21	\|	Shelly	20/09/06

170.	confused? you truly are	16:21	\|	Maral	20/09/06

171.	The Reactionary Ideology of the Oppressed	16:21	\|	American Communist	20/09/06

172.	Thank you Burston	16:22	\|	turk	20/09/06

173.	Trying to win the censorchip award, Burston?	16:23	\|	Bennie	20/09/06

174.	Islam is bad Judaism - and lack of "Kibbutzianism"!	16:24	\|	Peter Klevius	20/09/06

175.	To Karim	16:24	\|	Dimitris	20/09/06

176.	Bader Abu-Ghosh	16:25	\|	Walid	20/09/06

177.	vincent: you are wrong, they were not your ancestors	16:27	\|	Khalid	20/09/06

178.	Khalid ur irrational	16:29	\|	Dimitris	20/09/06

179.	Irshad Manji Is Islam At Its Best	16:30	\|	Jane	20/09/06

180.	Elites , Masses and Interpretaion	16:33	\|	Danite	20/09/06

181.	Messaoud	16:33	\|	Nik Miller	20/09/06

182.	Well said Niall	16:35	\|	Dimitris	20/09/06

183.	Khalid,if what you say is right, why is there so much hypocricy?	16:35	\|	SHIMON	20/09/06

184.	Nik Miller to indirajaya	16:36	\|	fk	20/09/06

185.	To#2; Are you writing poetry?	16:36	\|	Adel Obeid	20/09/06

186.	Khalid`s legal glory of Ali and the Jew	16:40	\|	Jacob Blues	20/09/06

187.	Mohammad Was Nice To Cats!	16:42	\|	Sam The Sham	20/09/06

188.	# 142 Khalid 2	16:43	\|	Shelly	20/09/06

189.	Thank Goodness	16:49	\|	Fahd	20/09/06

190.	# 157 Khalid	16:50	\|	Shelly	20/09/06

191.	American Communist	16:52	\|	Danite	20/09/06

192.	Islam? Islamists: Evil, Muslims: good, bad, ugly.	16:54	\|	David	20/09/06

193.	KHALID, KHALID, KHALID, KHALID,	16:55	\|	Ray Samuels	20/09/06

194.	Khalid utters old mantra, only Muslims have a right to violence	16:55	\|	Jacob Blues	20/09/06

195.	Ignorance	16:56	\|	Fahd	20/09/06

196.	Khalid #147	16:56	\|	Niall	20/09/06

197.	Jane Agreed	16:56	\|	Danite	20/09/06

198.	Khalid,if what you say is right...	16:56	\|	SHIMON	20/09/06

199.	american communist	16:59	\|	david	20/09/06

200.	open-minded dialogue	16:59	\|	Akiva Patysh	20/09/06

201.	Khalid. Glib but no cigar	17:04	\|	American Communist	20/09/06

202.	Nik Miller, your argument	17:05	\|	Maral	20/09/06

203.	Khalid-#49	17:07	\|	Daniel Leopold	20/09/06

204.	islam	17:08	\|	tanweer hussain	20/09/06

205.	Very good article!!	17:12	\|	T A Sheppard	20/09/06

206.	Indrajaya	17:12	\|	Nik Miller	20/09/06

207.	Looking For a Needle in a Haystack?	17:16	\|	Bernie Lewis	20/09/06

208.	Indrajaya-#85-Marx referrred to all religions	17:17	\|	Daniel Leopold	20/09/06

209.	# 174 Khalid	17:18	\|	Shelly	20/09/06

210.	The good in islam: Accurately besides the point	17:19	\|	Mike	20/09/06

211.	Khalid #174...what are you basing your allegations on?	17:20	\|	SHIMON	20/09/06

212.	Khalid	17:22	\|	skylark	20/09/06

213.	To Danite: It Smashed Secular Arab Nationalism	17:23	\|	American Communist	20/09/06

214.	# 141, NICK MILLER	17:25	\|	indrajaya	20/09/06

215.	#152 Benign translation	17:27	\|	Sidney	20/09/06

216.	Danite. Didn`t I argue this?	17:28	\|	American Communist	20/09/06

217.	American Communist 2	17:28	\|	Danite	20/09/06

218.	To #2, Egypt still largely Christian...	17:30	\|	Egyptian	20/09/06

219.	Danite..	17:32	\|	Maral	20/09/06

220.	Khalid, a competent spokesman for Islam	17:32	\|	hollingsworth	20/09/06

221.	not my understanding	17:40	\|	hollingsworth	20/09/06

222.	Shelly, more than half the Palestinians had Israelite ancestory	17:46	\|	Khalid	20/09/06

223.	Good Moslem qualities are many	17:50	\|	Alicia	20/09/06

224.	Shimon: read the degeneration of Judaism in our time. The Author	17:50	\|	Khalid	20/09/06

225.	Dimitris: democracy can crimnal, murderous	17:54	\|	Khalid	20/09/06

226.	Nobody ever reads the Koran	17:54	\|	Colin Wright	20/09/06

227.	Danite: Compare Saudi Arabia to Iran	17:59	\|	American Communist	20/09/06

228.	If Islam was spread by the sword	18:06	\|	Lebanese in Canada	20/09/06

229.	# 205 Khalid	18:22	\|	Shelly	20/09/06

230.	American Communist#198	18:23	\|	Danite	20/09/06

231.	American Communist 2 re#198	18:26	\|	Danite	20/09/06

232.	Khalid , 30	18:27	\|	Jozef	20/09/06

233.	Khalid #205 -- you exaggerate	18:29	\|	Colin Wright	20/09/06

234.	Islam and the Question of Violence	18:29	\|	Yazan	20/09/06

235.	American Communist2 re #198	18:30	\|	Danite	20/09/06

236.	American Communist3 re 198	18:32	\|	Danite	20/09/06

237.	Did you ever ask?	18:34	\|	Mark Lincoln	20/09/06

238.	American Communist	18:39	\|	Danite	20/09/06

239.	Maral Thank you	18:39	\|	Danite	20/09/06

240.	Khalid`s ingrained prejudices	18:47	\|	Fairplay	20/09/06

241.	American Communist #219	18:58	\|	Danite	20/09/06

242.	# Lebanese in Canada	18:59	\|	Shelly	20/09/06

243.	Ameircan Communist2 re#219	19:05	\|	Danite	20/09/06

244.	Khalid`s on a roll now, three for three	19:09	\|	Jacob Blues	20/09/06

245.	How About Some Responsible Media Coverage	19:10	\|	Mike	20/09/06

246.	What`s RIGHT about Islam is the WRONG question	19:12	\|	Marhaba	20/09/06

247.	Danite. You`re Making My Point for Me	19:13	\|	American Communist	20/09/06

248.	#213 - There is no Equal Standing	19:15	\|	Eli Wapniarski	20/09/06

249.	# 225 Colin Wright	19:16	\|	Shelly	20/09/06

250.	Come on now, #218 and #152	19:22	\|	Sidney	20/09/06

251.	AN ACLARATION TO MARK LINCOLN.	19:27	\|	ELIAS	20/09/06

252.	Jews of Europe	19:27	\|	Eli Wapniarski	20/09/06

253.	Good Suras Bad Suras!	19:27	\|	Hubal	20/09/06

254.	Inglorious aspects.	19:44	\|	Hubal	20/09/06

255.	Ray Samuels	19:46	\|	Walid	20/09/06

256.	Indrajaya	19:50	\|	Nik Miller	20/09/06

257.	To Khalid. Islam is actually superior to democracy	19:50	\|	John	20/09/06

258.	Niall #24	20:01	\|	Gaza Mo	20/09/06

259.	Niall #24	20:01	\|	Gaza Mo	20/09/06

260.	American Communist Religion	20:02	\|	Danite	20/09/06

261.	"Islam" is not an English noun	20:06	\|	Zayn	20/09/06

262.	Mike. That Really Goes Both Ways	20:06	\|	American Communist	20/09/06

263.	American Communist#247	20:12	\|	Danite	20/09/06

264.	American Communist2 re#247	20:16	\|	Danite	20/09/06

265.	Jacob blue, i am sorry, the title of the book is :	20:22	\|	Khalid	20/09/06

266.	All Religion = Coercion	20:23	\|	American Communist	20/09/06

267.	Reply to #249 Shelly	20:26	\|	Colin Wright	20/09/06

268.	only 1 out of 235 got it right so far:no.73.y.n.	20:29	\|	hebe al-halaj	20/09/06

269.	What is wrong with Islam?	20:39	\|	David Nigel Braham	20/09/06

270.	The Byzantines were Muslims?	20:40	\|	American Communist	20/09/06

271.	What is right	20:07	\|	Sean	20/09/06

272.	Khalid #177	20:44	\|	Vincent	20/09/06

273.	Defeating the dialog	20:47	\|	alphonso	20/09/06

274.	Islam`s spanish rule	20:48	\|	sid	20/09/06

275.	American Communist #266	20:49	\|	Danite	20/09/06

276.	Democracy is a 2 party system with a pretty name	20:50	\|	omolll	20/09/06

277.	Well, what`s good about Christianity and Judaism ?	20:50	\|	BouSameer	20/09/06

278.	American Communistre266 #2	20:51	\|	Danite	20/09/06

279.	We need many Manji`s.	20:54	\|	Dr Danielito	20/09/06

280.	advertising religion	20:55	\|	tripodt	20/09/06

281.	AN ANSWER TO ELI WAPNIARSKI	20:59	\|	ELIAS	20/09/06

282.	Khald #224	21:04	\|	SHIMON	20/09/06

283.	TO AMERICAN COMMUNIST	21:05	\|	ELIAS	20/09/06

284.	Khald #224 PART 2	21:06	\|	SHIMON	20/09/06

285.	"What`s right about Israel?"	21:07	\|	BouSameer	20/09/06

286.	Islam	21:11	\|	P. J. Casey	20/09/06

287.	Khalid#222	21:13	\|	Rob	20/09/06

288.	Why the censorship?	21:13	\|	Daniel	20/09/06

289.	WELL, WHAT IS WRONG ABOUT ISLAM	21:14	\|	OBSERVER	20/09/06

290.	goog point	21:18	\|	MH	20/09/06

291.	To Hubal: Inglorious aspects.	21:23	\|	Yazan	20/09/06

292.	To Danite - American Communist	21:29	\|	Yazan	20/09/06

293.	Jozef: The holy land belongs to the Jews	21:34	\|	Skylark	20/09/06

294.	American communist	21:38	\|	Jasmine Murphy	20/09/06

295.	# 268 hebe-al-halaj. only one out of 235 got it.BECAUSE ...	21:44	\|	Kathy	20/09/06

296.	#285, Observer	21:49	\|	BouSameer	20/09/06

297.	But they do want state power.	21:50	\|	American Communist	20/09/06

298.	More telling comments from Khalid	21:51	\|	Jacob Blues	20/09/06

299.	Sounds like a good comment to me, BouSameer	21:55	\|	Jacob Blues	20/09/06

300.	Moderate Voices Downplayed	21:59	\|	Canuck	20/09/06

301.	To Nik Miller	22:01	\|	Sage	20/09/06

302.	fk	22:04	\|	Margie in Tel Aviv	20/09/06

303.	Actually Khalid	22:06	\|	Jasmine Murphy	20/09/06

304.	#25 Khaled	22:08	\|	ChanahS	20/09/06

305.	Khaled # 25 cont`d	22:12	\|	ChanahS	20/09/06

306.	14Khalid: I expect	22:15	\|	KUTW	20/09/06

307.	Maral # 41	22:20	\|	ChanahS	20/09/06

308.	9 Khalid: so it is not true	22:20	\|	KUTW	20/09/06

309.	BouSameer,defensive one	22:21	\|	Akiva Patysh	20/09/06

310.	To Khalid	22:28	\|	Sage	20/09/06

311.	Indrajaya	22:35	\|	Jack	20/09/06

312.	151Khalid	22:37	\|	KUTW	20/09/06

313.	Khalid # 80	22:41	\|	ChanahS	20/09/06

314.	# 83 Khalid	22:44	\|	ChanahS	20/09/06

315.	# 84 Indrajaya	22:47	\|	ChanahS	20/09/06

316.	Walid # 89	22:50	\|	ChanahS	20/09/06

317.	Great bumper sticker	22:53	\|	Lynn	20/09/06

318.	To American Communist	22:54	\|	Sage	20/09/06

319.	# 95 Michael 11	22:54	\|	ChanahS	20/09/06

320.	To P. J. Casey	23:01	\|	Sage	20/09/06

321.	* KHALID - JEWISH PROPHETS ??	23:28	\|	Bill.	20/09/06

322.	Muslim - Iran at least has national dignity ?	23:31	\|	ChanahS	20/09/06

323.	138 Malad: Don`t blame Islam...You can blame Muslims	23:37	\|	KUTW	20/09/06

324.	112. Karim	23:41	\|	KUTW	20/09/06

325.	hey christians and jews	23:49	\|	wadha	20/09/06

326.	115. Walid	23:50	\|	KUTW	20/09/06

327.	Shocking news	23:53	\|	wadha	20/09/06

328.	Shocking news	23:53	\|	wadha	20/09/06

329.	Klaudia My Response dear	00:09	\|	Omar	21/09/06

330.	Ohev Tsion- focus on your TALMUD	00:11	\|	Omar	21/09/06

331.	so there were no beheadings before Iraq?	00:19	\|	Charles	21/09/06

332.	Lynn of Boston	00:23	\|	Akiva Patysh	21/09/06

333.	To Haaretz: I sent a response to Mr.B.Burston,earlier,Where is it	00:26	\|	Kathy	21/09/06

334.	Khalid, Muslim and Qoran	00:37	\|	Neutral	21/09/06

335.	they never did	00:41	\|	walid	21/09/06

336.	273 sid Islam`s spanish rule	00:41	\|	KUTW	21/09/06

337.	#308, Ativa	00:51	\|	BouSameer	21/09/06

338.	Media Sparks World Wide Pogram Against Islam...	00:51	\|	Klaudia	21/09/06

339.	Sage # 319 That Was Funny	00:51	\|	Jeff Northridge	21/09/06

340.	ISLAM A DESERT RELIGION PROPELLED INTO THE 21ST CENTURY UNPREPARE	00:55	\|	Gabriel	21/09/06

341.	Note to Mr. Burston	01:05	\|	Dan N	21/09/06

342.	Omar and animals	01:15	\|	Akiva Patysh	21/09/06

343.	#323: Hey omar...	01:24	\|	SCHOLAR	21/09/06

344.	# 322- Omar	01:32	\|	Klaudia	21/09/06

345.	To Omar, who knows nothing of Talmud	01:37	\|	DavidAK	21/09/06

346.	to ammar khalid	01:38	\|	gershon	21/09/06

347.	to Khalid	01:39	\|	Yuri	21/09/06

348.	to ammar khalid	01:43	\|	gershon	21/09/06

349.	DO Moslems murder prisoners and lie about it?	01:46	\|	PETER. S.M	21/09/06

350.	Do good Moslems send children running over land mines?	01:48	\|	PETER SM	21/09/06

351.	Akiva: On Sunday All Boston Terriers Rest,Jack Russell`s on Satur	01:57	\|	Ronnie Wolman	21/09/06

352.	Lynn # 316	01:59	\|	Fair N` Square	21/09/06

353.	Should I admire Islam?	02:02	\|	Dr. Ari Nir	21/09/06

354.	Bradley, you`re really good at	02:06	\|	Ziad