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Taliban, Assad continue to unite Russia, Iran - Al-Monitor: Independent, trusted coverage of the Middle East
Atheist Republic - Nahad Nayef Hatter...shared a silly cartoon and was arrested, then charged with offending Islam. Rather than letting him have a trial, a Muslim shot him dead on the courthouse
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