{"id":7617,"date":"2016-02-28T09:56:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-28T14:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/?p=7617"},"modified":"2016-02-28T10:00:32","modified_gmt":"2016-02-28T15:00:32","slug":"shockingly-common-misconceptions-about-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2016\/02\/shockingly-common-misconceptions-about-islam.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Shockingly Common Misconceptions about Islam&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>This short clip from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/big-misconceptions-about-islam-religion-politics-muslim-2016-1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Business Insider<\/a> addresses some of the common misconceptions many of us have about Muslims. <\/p>\n<p>For example,  Muslim women are not required to cover up. 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