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“Through ceaseless proselytizing and subtle pressure tactics, Al-Huda has brought a majority of my university’s students under the burqa,” [b]Pervez Hoodbhoy[/b] previously wrote. “In comparison with my students of earlier decades, they are less confident, less willing to ask questions in class, and most have become silent note-takers. To sing, dance, play sports or act in dramas is, of course, out of the question for these unfortunates.”
Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/2616776/tashfeen-malik-attended-al-huda-islamic-school-that-has-branches-in-u-s-and-canada/#WdHCU4dWXq1gqA82.99

Hoodbhoy: On the scale of human history, the Enlightenment is a very recent phenomenon, barely four hundred years old. One must be hopeful that Muslims will catch up. The real question is how to shake off the dead hand of tradition. The answer lies in doing away with an educational system that discourages questioning and stresses obedience. Reform in the Muslim world will have to begin here. At the core of this problem, lies the tyranny that teachers exert over their students. In Urdu, we say that the teacher is not just a teacher—he is also your father. But in our culture, fathers are considered all-wise, which means that teachers cannot be questioned.

http://www.meforum.org/2593/pervez-amirali-hoodbhoy-islam-science[/quote]

Islam is NOT a religion.  It is a political system that does not recognize ANY wall, any separation between government and religion.  [/quote]

Please. As long as there's an element of faith (God sent the Quran, ISIS' ridiculous millenarian beliefs) then it's a religion too. You're right that government and religion are more intermingled in Islam than in other faiths. But you said it yourself: religion is in the mix.[/quote]

well you missed the point then.

anyone that believes in devils in the desert is free to do so to their hearts content.

But when they come bearing swords and force you to follow their own devils, then it has ceased to have any meaning, it has jumped from a religion of men into a perversion of witches and terrorism.

Islam is a modern day evil.  Better us to confront it than our children.

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Well that's BS. Every political movement has an ideology, a rational for doing good or evil. ISIS is a supremacist millenarian movement, sure. But where does their rationale and millenarian stuff come from? From a selective and biased reading of their religion.

Also: Islam has some good aspects too. ISIS chooses not to see them, but that doesn't mean they aren't there. Don't be a bigot.[/quote]

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