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The killing of Christians in Nigeria continues<\/a>.\u00a0 If you\u2019re waiting for the media to connect the dots by concluding that this just goes to show the long, sad history of oppressing religious minorities throughout the Islamic world, then don\u2019t hold your breath.\u00a0 In fact, just the opposite.\u00a0 If anyone tries to suggest there could be a problem within the religion of Islam that leads to these and other cases<\/a> of violence and oppression against religious minorities, then that person will be the culprit; another example of America\u2019s long, sad history of racism and bigotry.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"