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On Islamophobes

This refers to the editorial “Who needs Islamophobes?” (Dec. 3). Much of the damage to Islam comes from its hardline followers and is a reminder to the champions of archaic interpretation of Islam, to understand the sharia better and implement it as envisioned by Prophet Muhammad. The so-called “custodians” of the religion have not only made practising the religion difficult but have also discouraged much of the scholarly interest in Islam.

One sincerely hopes these hardliners sit down and try to go through the teachings of the Prophet, the man whom Michael H. Hart, the eminent American historian, ranked as the most influential person in history.

Thamim Muhamed,

Let us not use the words religious sensitivities in parenthesis to save the likes of Gillian Gibbons from learning about them the hard way.

Basheer A. Khan,

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