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“It is an important framing to not ask two separate questions: one about democracy and one about Muslims. They are one and the same”. We are revisiting our 2025 podcast interview with legal academic Mohsin Alam this week. Watch on Youtube or read the transcript here : https://ow.ly/XjjI50Ywf2w
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