A Call for Heresy: Why Dissent is Vital to Islam and America


	A Call for Heresy: Why Dissent is Vital to Islam and America

arifsali

12-18-2007 10:27 AM

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12-18-2007 1:03 PM

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two peoples, stuck in their ideology.

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Anouar Majid is a professor of English at the University of New England.
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