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The point is:

If .........
1). My extensive travels to Moslem countries are irrelevant ... and
2). All of those Moslems I've met and spoke with on those travels are irrelevant ... and
3). The many thousands of Moslems living in my town are irrelevant ... and
4). The fact that I live in a predominantly Moslem neighbourhood is irrelevant .. and
5). The televison project I worked with interviewing many Moslems (putting themselves on record) is irrelevant ... and
6). Everything I've read on the subject is irrelevant ......and
7). The documentary films I've seen are irrelevant ......

..... then I suggest that the literature you expect will disagree with all of that experience must certainly be equally irrelevant.

Baraka_Guru

Considering points 1 through 5 are anecdotal, and points 6 and 7 unknown, I don't know. What are some of the books you've read? Which films?

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