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Why does a young US Muslim pine for the old-fashioned religious right?

Why does a young US Muslim pine for the old-fashioned religious right?

Update: 2025-10-01
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Why would a liberal Muslim who spent his teenage and college years arguing against the power of Christianity in American politics now pine for the old-fashioned religious right? 

Why would he look kindly on a Republican president who started a war in Iraq and call it a “religious crusade”? 

In an essay for The New York Times, published over the weekend, writer ZAID JILANI explained this radical change of heart.

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Why does a young US Muslim pine for the old-fashioned religious right?

Why does a young US Muslim pine for the old-fashioned religious right?

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