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What Richard Dawkins doesn't get about the Muslim call to prayer

  • Written by Rose S. Aslan, Assistant Professor of Religion, California Lutheran University
Muslim women offer prayers.Glenn Halog, CC BY-NC

Richard Dawkins, the evolutionary biologist, unapologetic atheist and author of “God Delusion,” recently tweeted a picture of himself in front of the Winchester Cathedral in England, which said,

“Listening to the lovely bells of Winchester, one of our great mediaeval [sic]...

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