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My colleague at Butler, Chad Bauman, recently wrote a piece for Religion Dispatches, on the perception he has encountered among Hindus in India that \u201cAmericans hate Muslims, too.\u201d Here\u2019s a sample: Still today, when I travel in India, Hindus presupposing my agreement frequently make off-handed and derogatory comments about their Muslim neighbors. For those concerned […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":37341,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[149],"tags":[1700,4627,5121,7815,8947],"class_list":["post-34104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islam-religion","tag-chad-bauman","tag-hindus","tag-india","tag-muslims","tag-persecution"],"yoast_head":"\n
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