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What It Takes to Be a Muslim

With last week’s New Yorker flap and Obama in Iraq today, it seems a good time to feature this find from Sarolta Cump. It’s a video made by 19-year-old Louma about what it means to be a Muslim. Directly relevant to the election? Maybe not. But vilification of Islam underlies the scaremongering meme that Obama was madrassa educated. It also colors people’s views about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Louma explains here that jihad means purifying your heart and doing good deeds like helping the poor:

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