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		<title>Turning Fifty</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Birthdays are a very private occasion for thanksgiving.]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.khalidzaheer.com/posts/21</link>
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		<title>Extremism and Terrorism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Like terrorists, extremists too are a threat to the society. They need to be understood before we deal with them.]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.khalidzaheer.com/posts/20</link>
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		<title>Islam is Easy to Follow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our task is to present the message of Allah the way it is without suggesting our views and interpretations of strict application of Shari'ah.]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.khalidzaheer.com/posts/18</link>
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		<title>Emotions in Religion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How should a Muslim approach criticism of their religious ideology, and the roles of intellect and emotion in dealing with the critique.]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.khalidzaheer.com/posts/17</link>
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		<title>The Qur&#8217;an-Centered Approach</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The various prevalent approaches of understanding Islam as compared to the Quran-centered approach.]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.khalidzaheer.com/posts/16</link>
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		<title>The Sorry State of Our Religiosity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps Muslims are in a state of decline because of God's wrath upon them. The single biggest cause: lack of moral probity, especially in those who often represent Islam.]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.khalidzaheer.com/posts/15</link>
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		<title>Experiences, Questions, Analyses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why should the smiling Christian milkman be considered misguided and the smiling Sufis be considered guided when their experiences of transformation are the same spiritual, non-rational in nature?]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.khalidzaheer.com/posts/14</link>
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		<title>How Is Faith Acquired and Strengthened?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Faith is the confidence of an individual in the fact that there is a certain reality out there which cannot be seen. How does an individual acquire faith in the right manner according to Islam?]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.khalidzaheer.com/posts/13</link>
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		<title>The Originalist Approach to Understanding Islam</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Different possibilities of interpretation of Qur'an and how the method of interpretation decides the kind of meanings that are likely to emerge from it.]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.khalidzaheer.com/posts/11</link>
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		<title>Intellect and Emotions in Religion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Intellect and emotion, if applied correctly, can open doors to gaining knowledge. But, if applied incorrectly, one can be deprived of the opportunity to learn the truth.]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.khalidzaheer.com/posts/10</link>
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