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Muslim true/false
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4-2-2008 12:54 PM
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What you think you know about them is likely wrong -- and that's dangerous.
By John L. Esposito and Dalia Mogahed
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4-2-2008
2:04 PM
alanocu
Many of us in the U.S. know little about the Middle East or about the people that live there (IMO).
I doubt, if asked, we could explain the difference between Sunni and Shia Muslims, and most think the words “Arab” and “Muslim” are interchangeable.
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