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Are You An Islamophobe?

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The foul-cry of Islamophobia has become a decisive tool for the Islamists to silence critics or critical investigation of Islam. Islamophobia is racism they claim. Are you an Islamophobe? Take this test to be sure...


This article appeared in "Pajamas Media".

The greatest danger is a closed mind and a finger-on-the-trigger. The minds are closing all over Europe; rather late in the day, a small resistance emerges. American minds have also been shutting down for many years. For example, one is really not allowed to talk about race or religion (gender is fair game–look at all the photos of naked women that still surround us). One cannot say “black” or “African-American” without raising a storm. One dare not say “Islam” or “Muslim” without raising an even bigger storm.

Americans (students, professors, journalists, film stars, media talking heads, left-liberal bloggers) are especially sensitive to the wrongs done to the Palestinians, Arabs, and Muslims–and, no doubt, wrongs have been done. But these same Americans are a lot less sensitive to the sorrows, nay, the atrocities, that these very groups (Palestinians, Arabs, Muslims) have inflicted upon their very own and upon all infidels, for 1400 years.

Try to talk about this, try to raise the issue of Islam’s long history of colonialism, genocide, and gender and religious apartheid and you will quickly be demonized as a “racist” or as an “Islamophobe.” Google notes 616,000 references to “Islamophobia.” What is really going on? Why is “racism” not a good enough word to describe prejudice towards people with different skin colors, if that indeed is the case? Or is “Islamophobia” more complicated, or more specific in terms of Muslims and Islam?

Lorna Saltzman, a really good writer, an environmentalist, and once a Green Party Presidential candidate, has written a tongue-in-cheek Test Guide for all those who are worried about their own racism or Islamophobia. She writes:

Are you an Islamophobe? Here is a simple test.

Lorna Saltzman’s Test

Do you favor equal rights and treatment of women and men?

Do you oppose stoning of women accused of adultery?

Do you favor mandatory education of girls everywhere?

Do you oppose slavery and child prostitution?

Do you support complete freedom of expression and the press?

Do you support the right of an individual to worship in her chosen religion?

Do you oppose government- and mosque-supported anti-Semitic publications, radio, TV and textbooks?

Do you oppose the wearing of burqas in public places, schools and courts?

Do you oppose segregation of the sexes in public places and houses of worship?

Do you oppose the death penalty for non-Muslims and Muslims who convert to another religion?

Do you oppose “honor” killings?

Do you oppose female genital mutilation?

Do you oppose forced sexual relations?

Do you oppose discrimination against homosexuals?

Do you support the right to criticize religion?

Do you oppose polygamy?

Do you oppose child marriage, forced or otherwise?

Do you oppose the quranic mandate to kill non-Muslims and apostates?

Do you oppose the addition of sharia courts to your country’s legal system?

Do you disagree with the quran which asserts the superiority of Islam to all other religions?

If you answered most or all of these affirmatively, you are a vile Islamophobe and deserve to be beheaded as the quran instructs.

If you answered one third or more of them affirmatively, you are a borderline Islamophobe and need to receive brainwashing to become a full-fledged dhimmi.

If you answered a quarter or fewer affirmatively, you need a few private lessons in dhimmitude to scrub yourself clean of those remnants of Islamophobia.

If you answered affirmatively to NONE of these, Congratulations! You are a worthy observant (radical–PC addition) Muslim and have a bright future vilifying Jews, torturing women or, inshallah, becoming a suicide bomber.”

Thank you Lorna for laying it all out.

FYI: Lorna Saltzman has been a environmental writer, lecturer and organizer since the early 1970s and was a candidate for the US Green Party’s presidential nomination in 2004. Her articles on evolution, energy, Green politics and secularism can be found on her website: www.lornasalzman.com.


Phyllis Chesler is a Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies at City University of New York, and celebrated feminist author of many books, including "The Death of Feminism: What’s Next in the Struggle for Women’s Freedom" & "The New Anti-Semitism: The Current Crisis and What We Must Do About It". She was married to a Muslim, and lived in Kabul for a number of year. 

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Nice Subject!
written by Anti Clot , August 31, 2009
Is there anything wrong if people are against islam? I think the whole world is entitled to enjoy the merits of science and progress but the muslim world is doing anything to prevent any development. For example, it is absolutely brainless not to drink water during these days because of Ramadan, it is absolutely dangerous to the peoples health! And while fasting may make sense for people suffering from obesity almost all muslims eat anything during the nights of Ramadan, becoming even fatter than before! And while the muslim countries suffer from the highest rates of obesity and diabetes, sports, dancing and many other activities are very limited for women in the muslim world, if not totally forbidden. Wearing burkas is also very bad for womens health because the skin needs light for the production of vitamines and all the medical advices from the hadith such as promoting camel urine for drinking are absolutely nonsense. This is all the nonsense even so-called moderate muslims do not complain about, not ot mention all the terrorist attacks, human rights abuses and all the other things we are confronted with every day. While it may be true that the word -islamophobia- does not reflect our feelings very well - do we have any choice but to be against islam???

There are terrorist attacks virtually every day all around the world and there is no end in sight.
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I FULLY ENDORSE ISLAM
written by I FULLY ENDORSE ISLAM , August 31, 2009


i fully endorse islam.i can keep 4 wifes like slaves,and also many slave girls.i can have sex with any of them
or all of them at the same time and enjoy the orgies.

finally they cant divorce me,but i can divroce them.

and after i go to jannat i will get 72 virgins and wine.

man islam does ssoooo much good for man.

pls appreciate the gifts of imaginary alllaaahhhhhh.

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To the so called liar author
written by Ali Baba , August 31, 2009
If you answered most or all of these affirmatively, you are a vile Islamophobe and deserve to be beheaded as the quran instructs.

Can you tell us the verse that instructs this you liar moran?
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Morally and logically correct are islamophobes
written by Rustom , August 31, 2009
islamophobes are also naziphobe, hitlerphobe.
Muhammed was a really mentally sick cruel man, he created such a bloodthirsty religion. Just go to a civilized person and say accept Islam, most probably he will say I dont need and I am happy, then cut his throat and take his hard earned assets and make his wife slave. How merciful allah?
Muslims are not brave, they are coward and deceitful. Infidels should be clear cut in there policies. Step 1 stop immediately any more muslim immigration, instead give to christians etc in muslim land as they deserve the most. All the muslims should be exchanged with minorites in muslim countries. Having 1 billion muslim in afghanistan, somalia is not dangerous but those who are inside the infidel countries like europe.
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regarding picture
written by MOHAMMAD SAQIB NASEEM , August 31, 2009
Dear sir,as i saw in your site the accidental picture of twin towers,please dont corelate the incident of twin tower with ISLAM.what was happenend,was because of such element who dont know the actual meaning of ISLAM and its teachings...i request you people dont make people think other way round.
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Verses of Bullshit and Violence in the Dumb Quran
written by Manzikert , August 31, 2009
http://www.usc.edu/schools/col...2.qmt.html

Ali Baba and all you Brainless Brainshwashed Worhippers of the Mentally Retarted Arab Criminal do take some time off and read the contents in the above link to know more about your own Crazy, Wild, Irrational religion. Peace.
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\"islamaphobe\'
written by David , August 31, 2009
to be an 'islamaphobe,' one must fear islam.

i don't fear islam.

islam is stupid. it is something to be pitied.

i will not submit. i will not convert.

want me to pay a jizya?

molon labe.
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Islamophobia?
written by Shafee al-Zindig , August 31, 2009
There is no such thing as "Islamophobia". Neither is it a medical or irrational mental disorder. This newly minted word is purely a cunning invention by sly Islamic apologists to unjustly denigrate and silence all those brave people who DON'T believe that Islam is the greatest and best religion in the whole wide world and therefore it should be imposed on everybody for their own good. As in medicine - it is good for you, so it must be shoved down our throat even if you don't want it.

Therefore there is no way that I could ever be such a fictitious thing as a "Islamophobe". It is also like saying something dumb like Jinni-phobia or Angel-phobia.

Instead I prefer to refer to myself proudly as a FREETHINKER.
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written by kmgy , August 31, 2009
Islamists just want to create an imagined FEAR against them to justify their violence.
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The Muslim Islamic Animal Wild Kingdom
written by Truth Detector , August 31, 2009
The jungle animal wild kingdom is not unlike The Muslim Islamic Animal Wild Kingdom. In the jungle animal wild kingdom, the animals prey on and kill other animals. We can forgive jungle animals because they are permitted to act like animals. But should we forgive the Muslims of The Muslim Islamic Animal Wild Kingdom? No sir. Muslim animals should never be forgiven.

The Muslim Islamic Animal Wild Kingdom originates from the inhumane Shariah Law introduced by the Muslim god, i.e., Satan, and from Satan's minion called Muhammad the pedophile and false prophet.

In The Muslim Islamic Animal Wild Kingdom, you have, for example, Sunni Muslims preying on and killing Shiite Muslims, and Shiite Muslims preying on and killing Sunni Muslims. Just like the jungle animals that kill other animals, the Muslim animals have been preying on human beings for centuries and killing them. Other Muslim sects, in keeping with their favorite sport, are doing pretty much the same thing. The Muslim Taliban are especially fierce and atrocious. The Taliban especially enjoy murdering innocent and helpless little girls who seek an education.

In The Muslim Islamic Animal Wild Kingdom, you also find old, depraved Muslim male sex perverted animals legally preying on little girls, as young as seven years old, and then legally raping them after a forced Islamic "marriage," in accordance to the cruel, repressive Shariah Law. The wild, depraved, old Muslim sex perverts don't always kill the little girls right away. Killing them sometimes comes later in keeping with an Islamic ritual called Honor Killings.

In the past, Muslims have called me an Islamophobe for pointing out these truths and rituals of the Muslims who adhere to Shariah Law. But I never pay any attention to them because the truth means more to me and other law abiding citizens. So I'll continue revealing the evils of Islam. In the meantime, evil Muslims can go to hell. I'll continue writing the truth so help me God.

Where were we? Ah, yes, Honor Killings, a cruel ritual of the Muslims. In The Muslim Islamic Animal Wild Kingdom, the devious Muslim male animals prey on usually daughters and kill them. The Muslim male animals can be fathers, brothers, or uncles. Brothers and uncles also want a piece of the brutal Islamic action. It gives them a chance to practice a part of the Islamic religion. So they kill their own kin.

Muslim Honor Killing saves the honor of the animal father, or a whole Muslim family. In other words, it keeps their decency intact according to Muslim thinking. Muslim Honor Killing can be for any number of reasons. Perhaps the daughter failed to wear a Muslim rag on her head. That's a serious offense in the Muslim world. In The Muslim Islamic Animal Wild Kingdom, that offense is good enough reason to murder a daughter, sister, or niece.

Muslim daughters, sisters, or nieces can also be murdered in a Muslim Honor Killing if she gets raped by Muslim male animals. Muslims must keep their families clean, decent, and without blemish, so they murder daughters, sisters, or nieces when they get raped.

Another good excuse for an Honor Killing is if the daughter, sister, or niece smiles or talks to an "infidel," especially if the "infidel" is a Christian or a Jew. According to Satan's Bible, the Islamists call it the Qur'an, "Jews are apes and pigs,"(Sura 2 Verse 65). Muslims want no part of that, i.e., talking with or smiling at an "ape or a pig." So how dare a Muslim daughter, sister, or niece commit this unpardonable offense? So Muslim fathers, brothers, or uncles kill her for that offense.

Almost any excuse will do for Muslim animals, of The Muslim Islamic Animal Wild Kingdom to murder their daughters, sisters, or nieces. The idea is to keep Muslim families decent, wholesome and honorable. Sometimes Dhimmis agree. That's why Dhimmis convert to Islam, the religion of peace.

In The Muslim Islamic Animal Kingdom, sadistic Muslims can't wait to catch petty thieves stealing a loaf of bread, maybe a can of beans, or a handful of vegetables. Worse than wild jungle animals, sadistic Muslims chop off hands, feet, and gouge out eyes of petty thieves of either sex in accordance to Shariah Law. This punishment please Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate, and of course sadists.

According to some studies, sadists, who administer these Muslim atrocious punishments, get their "jollies." For a human being with a human brain, this is hard to understand.

In The Muslim Islamic Animal Wild Kingdom, Muslims prey on and murder women by stoning them to death as throngs of wild, sadistic Muslim throngs cheer and have a field day. Apparently, it's something that Muslims enjoy. The animals of the jungle that prey on other animals do differ from the Muslims of The Muslim Islamic Animal Wild Kingdom. The animals of the jungle don't cheer when they prey on other animals.

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written by JohanM , August 31, 2009
Islamists themselves are the Humonophobes and Freedomophobes...

Their worst fear is spread of humanity and freedom.
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They are rightly outed as ISLAMOPHOBES!
written by Saladin , August 31, 2009
I`m glad the author is feeling the heat,Islamophobes have to be called out for what they are,fascists.

One of the main reasons why Islamophobic literature is rejected by all the mainstream Islamic studies dept,is the recognition,that it is merley the latest in a long line of xenophobic and chauvinistic material.

The exponents of such filth will always be on the margins of accepted political discourse.As such we have as much to fear from them,as a David Duke or a David Irving.

Personally,I dont come here to debate such people,only for the entertainment value.
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written by y.m , August 31, 2009
I agree with truth detector mohd has sucked the brains of the muslims and has reduced them into zombies and monsters.In fact every muslim liveing in the west is a potential terrorist.You cannot trust on a true muslim.Any politician in the west that make a speach discribing islam as a peacefull religion is either a willfull liar are incradibly ignorant.The people of west and America have to defend themself.The islam is a curse upon mankind and is an abomination that will destroy every decent western achievement of human civilization,and in this destruction,the western gullible politically correct persons will help them. Islam destroy,s every thing it touchs,including your mind and your soul.As soon they get the opportunity they will revolt against the host community.America and Europe should not trust the true muslims.Strip off the citizenship of muslim immigrants up to third generations if any member of the family committed a rape or any serious crime and deport them into their imagination paradise,their native lands where hunger and deases are waiting for them.Look how they treat their religious monirties in their muslim lands.You should not handle the muslims with charm,you handle them with an iron fist to the face.this is what they understand.
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Hey, Ali Baba
written by Truth Detector , August 31, 2009
Hey, Ali Baba, why not allow Truth Detector come to your aid? If you become an apostate from Satan's religion, i.e., Islam, you will be murdered according to Satan's Bible, the Muslims call it the Qur'an. Sura 4 Verse 89 reads, according to one of the most authoritative Koran commentators, Baydawi (d.1315/16) who interprets thus:

"Whosoever turns back from belief (irtada), openly or secretly, take him and KILL HIM wheresoever ye find him, like any other infidel. Separate yourself from him altogether. Do not accept intercession in his regard." (Cited in Zwemer, The Law of Apostasy in Islam, 1924, pp 33-34. P.S. It's also in the hadith.

Now, let me challenge you, Ali Baba. Show me just one lesson, JUST ONE LESSON, in the filthy Qur'an, that teaches MORALITY, JUSTICE, OR LOVE OF NEIGHBOR. Friend, you won't find it because the Qur'an is Satan's Bible. Why do Muslims hate the Ten Commandments? Are the Ten Commandments too much for you?

Satan's Bible, Muslims call it the Qur'an, is all about HATRED, AND KILL, KILL, KILL, especially infidels. There are 109 filthy violent passages in Satan's Bible. The Qur'an can give anyone the shivers. Have you studied that stupid book? Bye, Ali Baba.

P.S. Don't forget my challenge.
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Problem for ex-muslim
written by Abdul , August 31, 2009
Being a non-believing muslim, the life is tough for muslims who want to leave this faith. Now maximum non-muslims know about Islam and its immoral and violent teachnings and cruel prophet, thus they despise anyone with muslim name. While its intellectually and morally suffocating to live in ghettoes of muslims. The muslims who want to leave islam are in problem and unfortunately had to live dual life. Islam is like drugs , once in its very difficult to come out even you have doubt on many teachings. Just like whole drug group behave like brothers same muslims are united in hate against almost everything good and humane. Only God can help, defeating Islam by any one country is impossible. I guess US, Europe and Russia jointly work together and create a de-islamization education program and it should be treated as worst kind of mental disorder as Islamist think very skewly and have so many mental filters that they can kill there own children or family for islam.
Its sure either Islam will obliterate all good civilization in 21st century or it will be obliterated, there is no middle way. Hope for the best.
Ex-muslim - in secret
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saladin
written by David , August 31, 2009
we are praying for you, saladin.

if you would, please, define 'fascist.'
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So-called Islamophobia
written by Mary , August 31, 2009
I saw a YouTube, probably on Faith Freedom Int'l, of a British man talking about IP. He had a better term --ISLAMONAUSIA.
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Animal Kingdom
written by Mary , September 01, 2009
Please don't insult animals. They only kill to feed themselves and their young.
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NOT the best
written by Demsci , September 01, 2009
Shafee Al Zindiq,

We met at FFI and we had debate with LondonSpirit. He is always so good when explaining to us why what Muslims do also is done by all the other followers of all other religions. In this way he is able to divert the battlefield time and again to what these other religions have on faults/ flaws/ shortcomings. But if we by and large acquiesce that this in part is indeed so, we can then compare back to Islam. By pointing out that we have a constant source of information, by FFI/ IW and others, that Islam IS NOT THE BEST religion, NOT BETTER than any other religion.

And as first goal this could be enough, because if no religion is on total or aggregate better than any other, no religion may have special privileges, advantages over the others, especially not in Islamic countries, or in the choice of religion of free persons.

And it is only fair and honest to try to promote equal rights/ opportunities/ power etc for all religions, under a democratic system, everywhere. Of course it is enough for now to only have the intention, because this takes a lot of time.
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written by Tony , September 01, 2009
If Islam did not exist, the Twin Towers would still be standing, and the world would be a more peaceful place. Any moron can work that out!
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written by Tony , September 01, 2009
'Islamophobia' is a false word. Phobia means, not hate, but fear. Arachnophobia = fear of spiders. Those who FEAR Islam may also hate it! But we need a different word. My wife fears spiders, but she doesn't hate them.
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Mr.
written by EmperorMing , September 01, 2009
Mr Abdul, the ex-muslim, you are right. I guess there are a lot of people (borm muslims ) who to apostate but cant due to fear for their lives often from their own families.

But I hope a movement like maxican wave is round the corner and suddenly islamic lies & cruelty will end in a jiffy. Islam is now flickering like a lamp whose oil is about to finish.
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Demsci - Islam not the best religion
written by Shafee al-Zindig , September 01, 2009
I agree. That is why we now increasingly see the new, whiny, cry-baby tactic by lying taqiyya Islamists who hypocritically say why we blame innocent Islam itself for the actions and words of Muslims who don't understand "true and peaceful" Islam. This "true and peaceful" Islam of course only exists in their fertile imaginations along with Jinns and other fairy tales.

Therefore saying why blame Islam itself is as silly as a druggie or alcoholic saying why blame cocaine or alcohol for their actions. Therefore by their logic we should understand "true" alcohol or cocaine and not get doped.

Compared to Islamophobia, I prefer Islamo-opposer as this is more accurate about how I feel about Islam.

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Saladin
written by Shafee al-Zindig , September 01, 2009
Thank you for your entertaining comments. As always they are guaranteed to raise a big laugh from us at the silliness of many smug and holy-holy Muslims like you. No - not yet as funny as many of your Quranic verses and Hadiths though. Those are priceless. Stiil good try! In the meantime don't quit your day job.
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The Turkish genocides
written by islamophobe , September 01, 2009
:: Liberties Alliance -
"Who can bear to hear of children cut into pieces with the scissors of their mothers, or of men held captive witnessing the rape of their small daughters, and then cut apart before their eyes. No, we do not wish to think of this. ... Many of the countries had suffering 400-500 years of Muslim occupation, murders and exploitation, but the European powers were busy tending their own matters or even go into alliance with the suppressors. Kaiser Wilhelm II proclaimed towards ..."

http://www.libertiesalliance.org/2009/08/31/the-turkish-genocides/
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written by kmgy , September 01, 2009
I despise Islam but pity the Muslims.
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written by Archpagan , September 01, 2009
The dhimmis should get themselves circumcised at the root
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brief reminder
written by muslimah , September 01, 2009
i just wanted to make a couple of points; yes as amuslim a oppose these thing bacause ISLAM forbids it

1.child marriages, forced marriages,
2. honour killings,
3.slavery, child prostitution
4.female genital mutalation
5.killing of Non-muslims
6.discrimination against homosexuals

am still a muslim not an islamophobe , please note that the burka is not even islamic , it is not an islamic command to women , neither is the niqab , its actually culture and NOT ISLAMIC CULTURE which is totally different
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written by No Dhimmi , September 01, 2009
I am a proud IslamoMISE, from the Greek word miso, which means "TO HATE." That's as in "misoanthrope" and "misogynist," both of which are rampant in Islam.

So, that means I HATE Islam, which is the only position an intelligent, rational position can maintain.

Islam is disgusting, despicable and evil. If it is not stopped, the world is doomed.

Proud No Dhimmi Islamomise
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written by No Dhimmi , September 01, 2009
Hey Saladin, you're an a-hole so shut the hell up, you sick bastard.

Islam is evil, and you are a carrier of an evil disease.
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If you can`t stand the heat.....!
written by Saladin , September 03, 2009
Dhimmi,or is that dimwit?

This is a nice place for the likes of you.
Let all the anger and hate out,there there,you poor dimwit.

Now find a quiet darkened room,take the yellow little happy pills,then ly down for a few hours.It`s bound to help with your moodswings.
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To Saladin
written by Indian , September 04, 2009
Hi Saladin, y dont u and some of ur brother Musliim assholes give us kuffar proof that Mohammed was not a criminal, rapist, murder, madman, terrorist, child rapist, looter, etc. etc.......... by referring to dat Dumb Good for Nothin Book, Bullshit Koran and the Hadiths and the Sira of dat Crazy Retarded Prophet Mohammed the asshole.... instead of arguining away from the topic all the time..... If u people this these websites will have to shutdown automatically and all of us Kuffar will stop heckling u and ur brother Muslim Arab ass lickers. Simple Logic Saladin... Prove that the Mentally Retarded Criminal Mohammed was great man and a prophet God and lo and behold all antiislamic sites will have to close down................... if u cant proove this stop defending that Mad Criminal who committed every sort of crime possible on this earth as the Prophet of Satan. Peace.
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Why spoil their fun?
written by Saladin , September 04, 2009
Hindoo,I don`t have to prove anything,on the contary,it is the Islamophobes who need to prove to a skeptical world,"the dangers of Islam".

We muslims are accepted and respected in the West.Mosques are springing up all over Europe(even at taxpayers expense).Converts,mainly white educated middle class professionals are embracing the banner of Islam daily.

It`s down to the Islamophobes to convince the general population,as to our supposed deviltry or otherwise.

However,when you consider the caliber of many of the crusading zealots,it`s not suprising they`re found wanting, always coming up short.
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Islamaphobia
written by Shelldrake , September 04, 2009
I don't suffer from Islamophobia but I sure do suffer from Islamonausea.
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written by sillve , September 06, 2009
At least the Animal Kingdom follows the laws of nature. The Muslim kingdom is totally sick and perverted.
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Islam is like MAFIA
written by ghazali , September 09, 2009
Islam is like mafia organization where they lure you to join. you join at your own & get in. But you can not get out of your free will. you will be murdered !

as simple as that..

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