Comments on: Is Daniel Pipes a Former Muslim? (Obama & the Apostasy Argument)

By: employment

employment — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:11:23 +0000

You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity.

By: zainab

zainab — Fri, 22 May 2009 11:07:40 +0000

i agree with you ,i sincerely hope that pipes and luttwak realise their mistake, return to islam and ask/beg allah for forgiveness before they meet him.
Regarding N Y Times kudos to muslim leaders for standing up to the religion may allah reward them abundantly.amin

By: Al Iskandarani

Al Iskandarani — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:35:32 +0000

Another response on the NYT website. At least the word is out and it's not just "us" making noise.

By: Aalia

Aalia — Tue, 27 May 2008 09:23:42 +0000

Ah, Daniel Pipes. I used to go visit his site whenever I needed a raw laugh, but now his antics have crossed into spewing hatred and he is an extremist/border-line terrorist IMO

By: Sunie Nizami

Sunie Nizami — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:53:11 +0000

SubhanAllah, this Daniel Pipes Charecter. One of our good collegues at the University ended up on DP’s blog as a person training for Jihad. This is becuase his name was on a poster advertising a very innocent MSA paintballing trip, organized to relieve exam stress. A google search of his name leads straight to DP’s blog… Think employment prospectives. May Allah save us from the evil and closed minded arguments of such people.

By: Al Iskandarani

Al Iskandarani — Mon, 19 May 2008 14:36:29 +0000

Alsalamualaikum,

I came across this set of Letters to the Editor via my NY Times Email Alerts this morning. See if you can find the running theme :)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/14/opinion/lweb14muslim.html?ex=1211860800&en=85eb3ef35095ee89&ei=5070&emc=eta1

By: Nadia

Nadia — Sat, 17 May 2008 23:31:07 +0000

^ Me too. I read some of the comments and it seems like everyone pretty much agrees it wasn’t NYTimes worhty material. I hope the paper refrains from publishing items like that and from qouting people who don’t represent what they’re trying to cover.

By: Amad

Amad — Sat, 17 May 2008 20:59:35 +0000

Thx Brad. Most people found the piece quite awful, at least as evidenced by the vast majority of comments associated with the article online. I have cross-posted this on Dailykos and Streetprophets... I expect similar reaction there. Reaction on NY times in Letters including letters from Ingrid Mattson, Zaid Shakir, etc... I am glad Muslim leaders spoke up against this nonsense.

By: Brad V.

Brad V. — Fri, 16 May 2008 23:57:19 +0000

I’m very disappointed with the NYT for printing such filth. The NYT is the only paper I read and am generally happy with their coverage of news.

As for the writer of the article, he should spend some time studying real Islam, not the hate-filled propaganda that Pipes and others spew. If I remember correctly, death for apostasy was only meant for political traitors during the Prophet’s time (peace be upon him). The US has the same law that allows traitors to be executed. Please correct me if I’m wrong.

The Qur’an even says “Let there be no compulsion in religion”.

By: Amad

Amad — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:28:53 +0000

You know i find it amazing that NY Times actually printed this crap. I mean it seems that they are so desperate for Hillary, that they would allow right-wing neocon nonsense in their prestigious paper. Why do I have a feeling that their love affair with Hillary has something to do with THE LOBBY too, and the notion that Obama hasn’t started worshiping the 300lb gorilla yet? ;)