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in response to reader comment: In reply to "The Koran teaches forced converision"

Submitted by lafn (United States), Dec 30, 2007 at 15:22

Fahid,

What do you call the disabilities that are imposed upon non-Muslims by Muslim law if not compulsion?

Thank you.

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