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Syria: Allergic to Religion?

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009 @ 21:19 UTC

by Yazan Badran

Countries:: Syria
Topics:: Religion
Languages:: Arabic

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Syrie : Allergique à la religion ?...

Mohammed writes about a phenomenon that he feels has gone too far. He feels that many people have a certain “Religion Influenza” [Ar] that makes them hostile to anything related to religion.

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