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1/13/07

The return of the ghetto: coming soon to a country near you

Turkish Daily News Jan 13, 2007

"The return of the ghetto: coming soon to a country near you
Saturday, January 13, 2007

'Opinion which guides all our actions is governed by the appearance of things, not by their reality,' said Henry Blount, an English traveler, after visiting the Ottoman Empire in 1636. Today, more than ever, the appearance of things, not their reality, shapes opinions in cross-cultural relations. And the appearance of things is nowhere more vital than in the relations between Islam and Western democracy, particularly in the perception of 'the veil.'"

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