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N
OT SINCE
the days of
the Crusades has reli–
gion played s uch a
crucial role in world affa irs.
From Morocco to Indonesia,
Islam is reemerging
as
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June
1983
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Westerner s Confused
Few tapies have created as much
misunderstanding in the Western
world as that of Islam. Most West-
.
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-erners do not bcgin to comprehend
even the most basic tenets of that
important faith. They view it large–
Jy from a standpoint of ignorance
uninformcd impressions.
et few tapies are as vital to
unoerstand during this mornentous
last quarter of the 20th century!
Moslems are well ·aware of how
Western cartoonists depict them,
how Hollywood portrays them, how
Westerners write about them. The
exaggerated and misleading stereo–
type of the robed, hook-nosed camcl
driver is well known- and widely
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