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The United States is a confused and frustrated country when it comes to dealing with the wide variety of voices and actions coming out of Islamic societies. Everywhere in the public sphere, discussions of foreign-policy issues inevitably touch on how to deal with "Islamic extremism," often revolving around the "terrorism".

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