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* Part of this historically important text is available on the extremist website Islam Today.
* Other articles I’ve written on subject: http://www.thedailybeast.com/contributors/parvez-sharma.html.
* The entire EU report mentioned in this article is available at http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/etudes/join/2013/457137/EXPO-AFET_ET(2013)457137_EN.pdf.