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7 November 2001
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How much do you know about Islam? Here’s a quiz (I scored 8 out of 10).

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I’m astonished to learn that the US has not until now put a government spokesman on Arabic TV speaking Arabic. According to this piece on Salon premium (subscription required) “At the end of 1998 there were only 30 Level 4 [fluent] Arabic speakers” on the payroll of the US foreign service (!)canada loans equity 0 consolidationpayday 10 14 check loan12 credit payday 18 loan besthome loan 1st loan refinance homepersonal loan 24 7 unsecuredloan 24 paydayonline 40 find payday loan 282nd va loan mortgageprice 6 payday 4 loanloan 40 loan 58 payday cash