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The Muslim Debate????
Reader comment on item: Where's the Muslim Debate?

Submitted by Bob Buckner (United States), May 23, 2003 at 14:11

"The root causes also lie in the fear of some Muslims to embrace , lest this openness somehow dilute the purity of their beliefs".

More than beliefs--they fear reasoned debate and intellectual exchange would dilute their "power"--and about this, they are right.

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