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The Winter of


            ISLAM                      THE OPPRESSION OF





      and the Spring to Come           MUSLIM MINORITIES




                                                    Muslims trying to

                                                live by their religion

















                                         I    n the previous chapters of this book

                                              we have considered countries with
                                              majority Muslim populations, and
                                        have examined the suffering inflicted on
                                        them by occupying powers or the oppres-
                                        sive administrations placed over them.
                                        However, there are also many countries in
                                        the world with minority Muslim popula-
                                        tions. Many millions of Muslims are also suf-
                                        fering in such places as Myanmar, the
                                        Philippines, Cambodia and Thailand.
                                            The cruelty that goes on in these coun-
                                        tries is generally even more bloody and sav-
                                        age than that in other places. These people
                                        are unable to make their voices heard to the
                                        outside world, and are trying to survive de-
                                        spite the fact that in many cases they have
                                        lost all their means and had their land and
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