Ignorance & Tolerance — Islam


	Ignorance & Tolerance — Islam

Kodanshi

5-3-2007 8:14 PM

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islam, christianity, tolerance

Kodanshi says:

Further to my previous post on the EvC Forum thread, some more quotes on Islam:

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