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According to a recent Economist article, the vast majority of India’s 160 million Muslims live in harsh conditions, and as a whole are almost at the levels of former Hindu untouchables. To confront this issue, it has been recommended to ...
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Iraq will be provided with a $3.6bn loan by the International Monetary Fund, the largest to loan provided to date. The two year deal will aid in rebuilding Iraqi infrastructure and development. The loan was in response to and to protect ...
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February 10, 2010


After September 11th, when the rest of America discovered the existence of Muslims in their midst (we actually did live here before that, I assure you), there was of course an increase in the representation of our people in American pop culture. We Muslim-Americans, an immensely diverse group of people, were suddenly cast as one single entity - and a scary one at that. Just think of every Harrison Ford movie you’ve ever seen (Star Wars excepted of course. I don’t want one of you Star Wars freaks to come after me with a light saber). Or head over to the “Islam” section at your local bookstore. The book titles are enough to send even me running in fear. 
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