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October 7, 2012

Using Hate to Challenge Modernism

Praveen Swami, The Hindu

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The recent violence over an anti-Islam film is part of a wider clash with the idea of the modern republic.

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TAGGED: Egypt, Libya, Muslims, Islam, India

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