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Some have said that the clash between Catholicism and Protestantism illustrates the old maxim that religious freedom is the product of two equally pernicious fanaticisms, each cancelling the other out.

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Fareed Zakaria
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 20
Economist
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Political Scientist
Reporter
Bombay
Fareed Rafiq Zakaria
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