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      The ADL is Correct that Antisemitism is Rising — But the Main (and Most Dangerous) Source Isn’t the Left, It’s Always Been the Right
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Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na`im

Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na`im is Professor of Law and Senior Fellow of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University and the author of Islam and the Secular State: Negotiating

(A)theologies, Politics/LawJuly 3, 2009

Obama Foes Misrepresent Islam with “Apostate” Tactic

By Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na`im

A noted scholar of Islamic law explains the apostasy fallacy…

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