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Is Boris wrong to claim Islam set the Muslim world back?

19 July 2019

2:17 AM

19 July 2019

2:17 AM

I do love the Guardian. As the years go by almost no publication continues to give me such constant amusement. This week has been no exception.

A couple of days after first reading it I still remain almost impossibly amused by the paper’s lead, front-page story from earlier this week. The banner headline read ‘Boris Johnson claimed Islam put Muslim world “centuries behind”.’

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