en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/492747 Comments by KipHamilton http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027200.php#IDComment30803328 Those who post critical comments of Islam here are so often branded as racists. Interesting that such "racists" would be so concerned about the welfare of this young girl from Sri Lanka. It is time the critics realized that it is the violent, intolerant, archaic belief system of so much of Islam that we are against. "Race" has nothing, nothing at all to do with it. Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:07:25 +0000 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027200.php#IDComment30803328 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027200.php#IDComment30604436 I am not religious, but must admire this girls' courage and her true, non-hypocritical faith. If they kill her she will be a true martyr, unlike the undeserving murderers many Muslims call by that term. But please, if there is any honor, or sense, or law left in this country, it cannot, and must not come to that. There needs to be a new "underground railroad" established to help these courageous souls. If the churches want to do something truly courageous and righteous, I can think of nothing which would be more so than to help people in Rifqa's predicament. Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:53:37 +0000 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027200.php#IDComment30604436 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027145.php#IDComment30006644 And just how many times did Mehsud play with peoples' mental anguish after murdering their loved ones? Spare me. And, the more Islamic illiteracy to "Kufr" science the better. A seventh century world will not be able to withstand a 21st century one- at least when the time comes that the 21st century one finally decides to play rough. Sat, 8 Aug 2009 02:44:10 +0000 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027145.php#IDComment30006644 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027145.php#IDComment30005872 As Bin Laden has said, "You love life, we love death. Happy to oblige. Sat, 8 Aug 2009 02:34:26 +0000 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027145.php#IDComment30005872 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027145.php#IDComment30005714 As Bin Laden has said- "You love life, we love death". Happy to oblige. Sat, 8 Aug 2009 02:32:18 +0000 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027145.php#IDComment30005714 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027140.php#IDComment29849956 Just last night I spoke with a friend of mine. He converted to Islam a few years ago, and then rejected it. For a number of years he was very devout. Last night he told me that he was very disillusioned with Islam. He believed at first that it was a tolerant religion. But, even though the mosque he belonged to was supposedly moderate, he told me no one agreed with him on any subjects where he believed tolerance was needed. Also, he became tired of THE JEWS being blamed for EVERYTHING. Just one story, anecdotal of course, but it is what he experienced. Fri, 7 Aug 2009 03:12:12 +0000 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027140.php#IDComment29849956 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027140.php#IDComment29847838 When the Taliban uses civilians as shields, and are instructed to do so by their leaders hoping for a P.R. coup after the resulting civilian deaths from an air strike, what ARE you to think? When Al Qaeda plants bombs in Shia mosques, hoping to create civil war (the more blood the better) what ARE you to think? When children are recruited to strap on suicide belts to blow up civilians in markets, what ARE you to think? I could go on and on. When Bin Laden says "you love life, we love death" just what ARE you to think? I take him at his word. I am sure he knows the Muslim mind-set better than I do. I know what I think. Fri, 7 Aug 2009 02:57:35 +0000 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027140.php#IDComment29847838 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027072.php#IDComment28939313 I am sure that is true, but not where I live. My point is, they may still be around, but eroding public support has weakened them. Not so with many Islamic terrorist groups and their support base in much of the Islamic population in various parts of the world. Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:50:53 +0000 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027072.php#IDComment28939313 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027072.php#IDComment28935061 I would also like to say to Gerbil Tea that I appreciate your retaining your civility in this discussion, although you are admittedly out-numbered. You seem like one who has a desire to remain tolerant. There are other religions which in practice are generally much more tolerant than Islam. The Quakers, for instance, would seem a better fit for your personality. I am not trying to be funny, but you might want to give it a thought. Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:00:50 +0000 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027072.php#IDComment28935061 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027072.php#IDComment28934654 What you say is true, of course about the KKK. However, I have lived in the American South for 35 years, and have never to my knowledge met an active member of the KKK nor heard of any local activities, although I know they still exist elsewhere. They were once powerful, but are now a disgraced fringe group, and are thought of as such even by most conservative southerners. When they had a large power -base of sympathetic citizens, they maintained their influence. Once that power base was gone, they have since become impotent as a movement. I would say that the same is true for Islamic terrorist groups. They remain powerful and influential because there is considerable support among the Islamic populations where they operate. They could not remain so without the support of a considerable percentage of the population. Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:55:15 +0000 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027072.php#IDComment28934654 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027072.php#IDComment28889248 At it's zenith the KKK was never the international threat that radical Islam is. I am not talking about the past, in any event, I am talking about here and now. And, by the way, the denigration of Polytheists and atheists is also intolerant. The fact is, Islam is whatever its' believers think it is. Are you saying that Bin Laden and his ilk are not Muslims, or are totally incorrect in their beliefs? I would like to witness that debate. For some it is a religion of peace, but for others it is a violent, intolerant "you love life, we love death" death cult. It is only a matter of percentages. I have a feeling those percentages would not be to my liking. Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:15:42 +0000 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027072.php#IDComment28889248 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027072.php#IDComment28859119 Absolutely, and it is. I have no use for fanatics, political or religious. It is just that there seems to be much mure energy and momentum being put into radical Islam than radical Christianity or radical Hinduism in today's world. If conservative Christians or Hindus were resposible for the majority of terrorist attacks around the world, they would be of equal concern to me. Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:55:20 +0000 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027072.php#IDComment28859119 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027072.php#IDComment28844558 I would say that "The immutable word of God" is evidence enough- sounds pretty monolithic to me. And, quite frankly, I have no use for the rules of other religions which supposedly come to us directly from God. Some of the rules are good, and some bad. But they should be judged on their own merits, not blindly accepted as orders from God. If most Muslims had your stated viewpoint, then I would not be so concerned. If you can give a convincing argument that the majority of Muslims believe in secular governments, that they are not predjudiced against Jews, believe that women should be 100% equal to men in legal disputes and that they believe Muslims are not superior to non-believers and should be freely allowed to socialize with them on an equal basis, swim with them in pools etc., then I and others might change their minds. I, by the way, also condemn the same attitudes in other religions and sects. The fact is, if what you say is correct, then your concern should be the Islamic conservatives who have taken the upper hand in defining Islam for the rest of us. Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:56:08 +0000 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027072.php#IDComment28844558 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027072.php#IDComment28834997 The fact is, you can talk of xenophobia all you want. But there can be nothing good to come of the spread of the ultra-conservative philosophy of Islam in the west. Islam is a very simple religion. There is one god. He has given us rules. Follow them. If one tries to reform Islam, there is no other way to do it but to change the rules, or to rationalize different meanings for the worst of them. If that is done, the idea of Islam would be gutted. Many of the rules, as incorporated in Sharia law, by any western standards of freedom and human rights, are contrary to our values. We must be ever vigilant that they do not erode our Enlightenment -based principles. Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:02:08 +0000 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027072.php#IDComment28834997 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027029.php#IDComment28477374 You see, Jihadists don't have any need of regular intoxicants. There are plenty of them who prefer blood as an intoxicant instead. Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:58:15 +0000 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027029.php#IDComment28477374 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027016.php#IDComment28412085 Wow yourself. Whether or not the Muslim family members who are slaughtering their own children and siblings in the name of "honour" misunderstand the teachings of Islam is immaterial. You should be speaking to THEM to point out the error of their ways, not bothering with the 'ignorant" Christians. The "ignorant" Christians are not the ones killing Muslim women and children in the name of "honour". It is the Muslim family members, misguided or not, who are doing this. Talk to THEM! Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:41:53 +0000 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027016.php#IDComment28412085 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027029.php#IDComment28411036 Time and time again, Islam cripples its' adherents attempts to join the modern world. Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:22:17 +0000 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027029.php#IDComment28411036 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027016.php#IDComment28378730 Women for truth- Then I suggest you spend some time educating your fellow Muslims about the Islamic forbidding of killing one's children to restore a family's "honour". Who am I (or you) to say that the Palestinian woman who slit her own daughter's throat was wrong when she said "Almost all Palestinians agree that this was the right thing to do?" If there is such a "misunderstanding" of this in parts of the Muslim world, then you should be worrying about educating THEM, not the "ignorant Christians". Those Christians are not the ones killing Muslim children in the name of "honour." It is Muslim parents and other family members doing that-whether they are wrong about the teachings of Islam is immaterial. They are still the ones doing it. Talk to THEM! Sun, 26 Jul 2009 02:42:05 +0000 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027016.php#IDComment28378730 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027016.php#IDComment28377619 When you look at these figures in the context of the percentages of Muslims in the US and the EU they are even more damning. Sun, 26 Jul 2009 02:24:41 +0000 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027016.php#IDComment28377619 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027016.php#IDComment28377385 Reacher- Do you mean the Virgins themselves are regenerated, or their virginity is regenerated? Sun, 26 Jul 2009 02:21:14 +0000 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/027016.php#IDComment28377385