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Facebook Reflects Struggle over Islam's Role

[Los Angeles Times] Jeffrey Fleishman - Waleed Korayem, an Egyptian university student, clicks through cyberspace venom and passionate screeds of Muslims debating Islam and democracy in the Middle East. "Facebook is reflecting what's happening in Muslim society," Korayem said. "I'm engaged in dialogue between Islamists and secularists. But there's too much tension. No one wants to revise his opinions. It's turned into a screaming war. Islamists speak to me as a disbeliever. They want to convert me. They quote verses of the Koran as if to awaken me." Young Muslims are "resorting to this virtual world because we have no space in the actual world," he adds.
2008-09-19 01:00:00
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