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Valentina Gomez next to a burning Quran.
INFLAMING HATRED

MAGA Candidate Torches the Quran in Deranged Flamethrower Ad

Valentina Gomez causes outrage with an extreme stunt promoting a Texas campaign.

Ewan Palmer

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CAUTIONARY TALE

‘The Daily Show’ Blasts Dutch Trump

Host Trevor Noah weighed in on far-right candidate Geert Wilders’ crippling defeat in the Dutch election, and the ‘Trump effect.’

Marlow Stern

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RIGHT HOOK

Muhammad Ali Blasted Trump’s Muslim Ban

The late boxing legend, who passed away at 74, had strong words for Trump’s proposed Muslim ban. And Trump even once questioned whether America had Muslim sports heroes.

Marlow Stern

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NIGHTMARE

Anti-Muslim Gun Nut Freaks Out Police

Get ready for a gun-toting protest with shredded images of the Prophet Muhammad, Hillary Clinton, and President Obama.

Asawin Suebsaeng

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PERFUMED GARDEN

Gay Sex Didn’t Scare Muslims in Islam’s Golden Age

Colonialism taught Muslims to be ashamed of sexual orientation. Now they are more intolerant (and maybe more hypocritical) than the Victorians.

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OLD-TIME RELIGION

Obscene Praise for a Muslim Murderer

Mumtaz Qadri, hanged last week for killing Punjab’s governor, is being hailed as a martyr and hero—bad news for a Christian woman charged with ‘blasphemy.’

Maajid Nawaz

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BLASPHEMY!

The Crime of Islamicide

A boy cuts off his own right hand because it offended God. Pedophilia is holy. To question is to risk execution. Welcome to a nation in thrall to suicidal fanaticism.

Maajid Nawaz

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BRAINWASHED

He Killed His Own Mom for ISIS

Leena al-Qasem pleaded with her son to leave the terror group. Instead, he murdered her in the heart of its savage capital city, before a crowd of hundreds.

Nico Hines

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OLD TIME RELIGION

From Star Wars to Islam

What makes us who we are? In that question lies the key to understanding not only the past year, but the many troubled years to come.

Maajid Nawaz

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BLOWN

Paris ‘Mastermind’: The Cops Let Me Go

<p>The man police believe orchestrated the attacks on Paris was interviewed in February’s edition of <em>Dabiq</em>, the ISIS propaganda magazine.</p>

Nancy A. Youssef

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THERE WILL BE BLOOD

Putin’s ‘Insane and Wild’ Chechen Buddy

Putin’s most ambitious and ruthless supporter in Chechnya appears to be spinning out of control, with deadly consequences.

Anna Nemtsova

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