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GeorgeGist

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5. The simple fact is many parts of the globe where Muslims are in the majority
Sun Oct 5, 2014, 05:55 PM
Oct 2014
are not liberal democracies.


You said it but you don't see it. IMO

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I saw this interesting Venn Diagram in GD. cbayer Oct 2014 #1
Great diagram. hrmjustin Oct 2014 #2
I have a Kurdish acquaintance CJCRANE Oct 2014 #3
Yes. i think many of the people who attached themselves to ISIS did it for political reasons. hrmjustin Oct 2014 #4
Well, that would be true in any case. AtheistCrusader Oct 2014 #6
Paris 1919 the time was right the ideas were right but the world did nothing. Leontius Oct 2014 #11
I think after the recent Iraq war was another opportunity, to address this. AtheistCrusader Oct 2014 #12
The simple fact is many parts of the globe where Muslims are in the majority GeorgeGist Oct 2014 #5
However I get the feeling CJCRANE Oct 2014 #7
You might consider rethinking some of that. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2014 #8
I think with liberal democracy, civil right protections, and a stronger rule of law hrmjustin Oct 2014 #9
It would be too little, too late. The damage is done. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2014 #10
We need to stay out too. AtheistCrusader Oct 2014 #13
Absolutely Act_of_Reparation Oct 2014 #14
Helping kick over the Iranian Government in 1952 didn't help matters either. AtheistCrusader Oct 2014 #15
I don't think Shia Islamism can be lumped together with Sunni Islamism Act_of_Reparation Oct 2014 #16
Fair enough, but. AtheistCrusader Oct 2014 #17
How do you disabuse uberpatriots of their jingoism? rug Oct 2014 #18
*There* have had a great deal more success, with Americans. AtheistCrusader Oct 2014 #19
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