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| 1 | Letters to the Editor | ISCS | ISLAM’S BELIEFS | May 30, 2008 | Belief in God central part of Muslim path to paradise |
| 2 | Letters to the Editor | Larry Gabbard | No surprises for Christian believers on Judgment Day | May 18, 2008 | Christian response to Muslim beliefs |
| 3 | Editorial | ISCS |
Come Judgment Day, some will be surprised |
May 14, 2008 | Muslim attitudes and beliefs about Jesus and Christian beliefs |
| 4 | Letter to the Editor | Christopher Lane | Iranian film portrays Jesus opposite of Christian belief | May 8, 2008 | Christian attitudes and beliefs about Jesus and Muslims |
| 5 | News article | Gazette | IRANIAN FILM DEPICTS JESUS AS PROPHET, NOT GOD’S SON | April 30, 2008 | Filmmaker says focus of movie is ‘sacred’ |
| 1 | Letters to the Editor | ISCS | Academy would do well to include Muslim response | Feb 10, 2008 | Questioning judgment of conference organizers |
| 2 | News article | Gazette | FEW APOLOGIES FOR VIEWS ON ISLAM | Feb 7, 2008 | Former terrorists describe bloody pasts |
| 3 | Editorial | Gazette | Shushing Christians | Feb 6, 2008 | Of hypocrites and academic freedom |
| 4 | News article | Gazette | AIR FORCE ACADEMY SPEAKERS TO STICK TO TERROR | Feb 6, 2008 | Academy officials say 3 ‘former terrorists’ won’t cover Christianity |
| 1 | Letters to the Editor | Gazette | Criticism of rioting by Muslims against cartoons | Feb 11, 2006 | Freedom of speech allows insults. Muslims are savages. |
| 2 | Scholars' opinion | Scholars' declaration | Feb 17, 2006 | Scholars condemn cartoons and riots | |
| 3 | Response | ISCS | Bigger sins than offending | Feb 23, 2006 | Sacred? Freedom of insult. Savagery. |
| 1 | News Report | MSNBC | Tancredo's radio interview | July 17, 2005 | Colorado lawmaker: U.S. could ‘take out’ Mecca |
| 2 | News Report | Worldnet Daily | Tancredo's clarification | July 15, 2005 | Tancredo clarifies 'ultimate response' |
| 3 | Op-Ed | Denver Post | Bigger sins than offending | July 24, 2005 | Tancredo's justification |
| 4 | Short Response | ISCS | July 28, 2005 | ||
| 5 | Long Response | ISCS | July 28, 2005 |
| 1 | Editorial | Irshad Manji, Time | When Denial Can Kill | July 17, 2005 | We Muslims must admit that our religion might be motivating the bombers |
| 2 | Response | ISCS | July 21, 2005 | Confused thinking contributes to further misunderstandings and misrepresentations |
| 1 | Cartoon | Chuck Asay, Gazette | Mohammed Bouyeri, confessed murderer of Theo Van Gogh | July 14, 2005 | Muslim fanaticism due to Islamic law |
| 2 | Response to Cartoon | ISCS | July 14, 2005 | Misinterpreted Islamic law. Conditions in Muslim countries. Kofi Annan has it right, Chuck Asay has it wrong |
| 1 | Cartoon | Chuck Asay, Gazette | Religious Fascism | July 8, 2005 | Muslims don't demonstrate against extremists like Christians did against segregation in the US |
| 2 | Letter | Thomas Murdoch | Muslims around the world struggle to survive | July 13, 2005 | Asay's caricature overlooks Christian history, underlying problems in Muslim countries |
| 3 | Response to Cartoon | ISCS | Demonstrations, demonstrations! | July 9, 2005 | Asay seems to be rewriting history, double standard about demonstrations |
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Deane Berson |
Islam damaged from within by failure to address terrorism |
June 9, 2005 |
Morality of bombing. Protests. Respect for religion based on what its followers do. |
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ISCS |
June 14, 2005 |
Inconsistencies and double standards? |
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Michael Hanratty |
Facts on air strikes skewed by propaganda |
June 6, 2005 |
Lancet report of hundred thousand Iraqi civilian casualties is propaganda. Using bombs and missiles on targets in residential areas is justifiable. |
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ISCS |
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June 14, 2005 |
What is the magic number of "acceptable" civilian casualties? |
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Chuck Asay, Gazette |
Asay's View |
May 22, 2005 |
Cartoon asking for an explanation why no repudiation by Muslims of Zarqawi's declaration and the fuss over the reported desecration of the Quran. |
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ISCS |
Defiling the Quran same as desecrating the flag |
June 1, 2005 |
Our response to the questions raised by the cartoon |
| 1 | email to ISCS | Name withheld, ex US Military | Comments on our response | June 1, 2005 | Comments on desecration, Geneva conventions, casualties from terrorists. |
| 2 | Letter to Editor | William Jeavons | Shouldn’t we try to dispel the hatred that causes war? | June 6, 2005 | Try to understand cause of hatred |
| 3 | Letter to Editor | Colleen Chiddix | Why aren’t Muslims protesting mosque bombings? | June 7, 2005 | |
| 4 | Letter to Editor | Harry Edmunds | There is a double standard that favors the left | June 7, 2005 | |
| 5 | Letter to Editor | Ross Moon | Quran being
misused to justify atrocities |
June 11, 2005 | Quran indecipherable. Muslims kill Muslims, desecrate Quran |
| Statements | CAIR |
MUSLIM CONDEMNATIONS OF THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS |
Statements by Muslim leaders on 9/11 | ||
| Fatwa | CAIR | U.S. MUSLIM RELIGIOUS COUNCIL ISSUES FATWA AGAINST TERRORISM | July 28, 2005 | The Fiqh Council of North America wishes to reaffirm Islam's absolute condemnation of terrorism and religious extremism. | |
| Statements | Islam for Today | Muslims against Terrorism | Statements by Muslim leaders on 9/11 | ||
| Statements | CAIR | CAIR Condemns 'Barbaric' London Terror Attacks | July 7, 2005 | Barbaric crimes that can never be justified or excused. | |
| Statements | Secretary of State | Remarks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's Annual Policy Conference | May 23, 2005 | U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East for the past 60 years has been based on "false choices" | |
| Statements | CNN | Tony Blair on London Bombing | July 9,2005 | Address terrorism's root causes | |
| News report | CNN | Tape justifies killing innocent Muslims | May 19, 2005 | Zarqawi's statement and Lt. Gen. Abizaid's response | |
| News Report | New York Times | Afghan Government Condemns U.S. Air Raid That Killed Civilians | July 6, 2005 | U.S. Military admits that Air Raid killed 17 civilians, including women and children | |
| News Report | Associated Press | Thousands of Iraqi civilians died in war | June 11, 2003 | At least 3,240 civilian casualties | |
| News Report | Knight Ridder Newspapers | U.S. missiles missed mark with strikes at Saddam Hundreds of Iraqi deaths preventable, report says | Dec 12, 2003 | ||
| News Report | BBC | Cleric condemns suicide attacks | July 11, 2003 | Extremism is the enemy of Islam. | |
| News Report | BBC | How Islam tries to justify war | February 14, 2003 | ||
| News Report | Washington Post | From U.S., the ABC's of Jihad | March 23, 2002 | US encouraged jihad against the Russians in Afghanistan | |
| Article | Pervez Hoodboy, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan | THE GENESIS OF GLOBAL JIHAD IN AFGHANISTAN | Origins of the global jihad |