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Why Calling ISIS Islamic Only Plays Into Its Hands

Not Rocket Science

Takeaway from White House summit: ISIS and Al Qaeda want us to call them Islamic. It helps them recruit. Is this so hard to understand?

Dean Obeidallah
Dean Obeidallah
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Dean Obeidallah

Dean Obeidallah

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