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To: Tax-chick

Wasn’t Rushdie raised Catholic?


16 posted on 05/03/2010 1:43:04 PM PDT by Borges
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To: Borges

Salman Rushdie is an Indian Kashmiri, raised in a secular family, derived of Kashmiri Sufism.


20 posted on 05/03/2010 1:44:55 PM PDT by James C. Bennett
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To: Borges

Barack Obama’s grandfather (his namesake) was. Wonder why Obama never changed his name to his Kenyan grandfather’s Catholic birthname.


21 posted on 05/03/2010 1:45:06 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The hysteria of Matthewsism and Andersonism has led to a Tea Party Scare that is unAmerican.)
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To: Borges

Moslem, although it seems clear he’s a practical if not declared atheist. However, it would be interesting to look at the place of fantasy in Islamic culture vs. Jewish.


23 posted on 05/03/2010 1:46:47 PM PDT by Tax-chick (It's a jungle out there, kiddies; have a very fruitful day.)
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