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Wahhabism goes and takes elements from the Islamic tradition that are most oppressive of women, and highlights and enlarges them and makes them the whole of Islam. In my view, that's a clear corruption of the Islamic tradition.
Khaled Abou El Fadl
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Khaled Abou El Fadl
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: October 23
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