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MUSLIMS VILIFY CRITICS OF ISLAM.(NEWS)
From:
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
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July 18, 2002
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Byline: Associated Press
Ergun and Emir Caner sat in the cavernous domed stadium with hundreds of other preachers in St. Louis and listened intently as the Rev. Jerry Vines thundered about the difference between Christianity and Islam.
'Islam was founded by Muhammad, a demon-possessed pedophile who had 12 wives - and his last one was a 9-year-old girl,' the Florida minister shouted to attendees at the pastors conference of the Southern Baptist Convention.
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