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April 11, 2012

Islamists Must Leave Room for Unbelievers

Hussein Ibish, NOW Lebanon

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What Islamists, and many other Arabs, have yet to accept is that in order for freedom of religion to be genuine, it must allow the freedom to reject faith entirely and to promote non-religious perspectives.

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TAGGED: Egypt, Tunisia, Arab Spring

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