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Threats are not part of the Islamic tradition of intellectual debate and dialogue
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How about dialogue about religion?
About monotheism?
About pluralism itself?
Islam, so far, looks stupid and is stupid.
To make it smart, you'll have to do much more than protect one Imam.
If Islam is so tolerant, then why, in a country that declares itself to be the "Land of the Pure" is blasphemy illegal?
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A Muslim guru accuses Christian clergyman of proselytising, describing his church as illegal and without a building permit.
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Mr. Bhatti last week.
Now this.
More attacks against Copts.
Don't tell me anything about Muslim tolerance!
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The findings offer up the humbling conclusion that the secret of human success may owe more to what we lost along the path of evolution, rather than anything we gained.
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I have often said that you judge the progress of a people through time not based on what they have, but on what they do not have any more.
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