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EastEnders and Exegesis

November 17, 2015 2 Comments

Last night’s EastEnders featured the scene below, where a Muslim character called Tamwar quotes the Qur’an, in Arabic and English, to illustrate what Islam is to him. It’s very well done, I think, and it’s a happy coincidence that this… Continue Reading →

Slavery, TV

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