Here’s a good article about an outreach event by a Muslim community for Milad un-Nabi. I love the line where terrorists are called “dissidents.” This is not an article I hate to love.
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Campaign for American Leadership in the Middle East. via TPM. Looks very promising. Sign on. Spread the word.