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	<description>Justice, Equality, and Freedom: An American Muslim's thoughts and perspectives about the Muslim American experience, Politics, Religion, Spirituality, and Life through Islam.</description>
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		<title>Articles of Interest, July 3, 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Salaam</dc:creator>
		
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The &#8220;Mormons&#8221; of Islam
The treatment of Joseph Smith and the first generation or so of Mormons is a dark stain on America&#8217;s history of actualizing the commitment to religious freedom codified in the First Amendment to the US Constitution. Smith and his followers were driven from east to west across the country, often victims of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Articles of Interest, July 2, 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Salaam</dc:creator>
		
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Military strike on Iran would be &#8216;catastrophic:&#8217; Russian ministry
Any military attack on Iran would have a &#8220;catastrophic&#8221; effect on the Middle East, a Russian foreign ministry official said Wednesday after reports that Israel might launch such an attack.
&#8220;All this is very dangerous. If force is used it will be catastrophic for the whole Middle East,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McCain&#8217;s Military Service as a political issue</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Salaam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Look, I&#8217;m going to keep this brief.  The Republican spin machine is all over this one and they are lying through their teeth!
No one is questioning John McCain&#8217;s military service, they are blatantly stating that he shouldn&#8217;t politicize it as proof that it makes him better suited as President.
It&#8217;s the same thing Rudy Giuliani did, [...]]]></description>
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