People don't get to choose their family, but if you have the family you would choose - that's happiness.
I'd like Muslims to look at their religion as a set of beliefs that they can appraise critically and pick and choose from.
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I'd like Muslims to look at their religion as a set of beliefs that they can appraise critically and pick and choose from.
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