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29 May 2007updated 27 Sep 2015 5:44am

‘Islam is a strange religion’

Ajmal Masroor challenges some of the preconceptions about his faith

By Ajmal Masroor

‘Muslims are not normal and Islam is a strange religion!’ Do you believe this or do you demonstrate this in your direct and indirect behaviour?

Ask a Muslim this question and I can almost guarantee you that he/she would have felt treated like this, if not on a regular basis, occasionally. This has become the popular perception amongst many non-Muslims today. Once I went out for dinner with a group of people.

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