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Eid al-Fitr 2016: understanding the differences among America's Muslims

  • Written by Abbas Barzegar, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Georgia State University

Ramadan, a month of intense prayer and fasting, has been especially trying for American Muslims this summer: Other than the heat, the small community has been grappling with the aftermath of the massacre in Orlando and the presumptive Republican Party candidate Donald Trump’s call to ban all Muslims from entering the United States, not to...

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