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In Defense of Islam

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  • 2fle 10 years ago

    Nonsense and an Idiots Speech...

  • Orina 9 years ago

    Boko haram wants the whole of Nigeria to become an islamic state and u knw dat cant happen. Anywhere theres islam theres trouble just check all islamic countries around the world u will hear news like this: islamic brother ho ...
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  • KOMFO ANOYE 9 years ago

    RELIGION IS POLITICS, WHICH SOME PEOPLE ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT FOR THEIR OWN BENIFIT.

  • MUSA 9 years ago

    These two words cannot coexist for too long. Just my observation!

  • Quesi 9 years ago

    By the way have you people realized the similarities between the Quran and the Old Testament? The Old Testament is also equally laced with so many verses of violence upon which the Quran was developed. Thank God CHristrians d ...
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  • Cliff Haizel 9 years ago

    No one should kill a fellow human being in the name of religion.

    PLEASE STOP THE KILLING

  • Frank Agyena-Karikari 9 years ago

    Islam is supposed to be a Religion of peace but that is not what it is now. In many places, it has become political and economic than religion. Put Boko Haram aside and all the Middle East is in turmoil with moslems even kill ...
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  • gyan 9 years ago

    I am sorry Islam is a false religion. It is just like Boko haram group.

  • CONTRIBUTION AGAIN 9 years ago

    Now, therefore, we see that there is light anti-christ and dark anti-christ and all of them belong to the GREAT BEAST OF LUCIFER OF OLD. God design his garden of Aden, he went there to destroy. God son Jesus Christ came to ba ...
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  • Adam 9 years ago

    Lucifer, who is he? what was his crime. He simply refused to bow down before Adam. and how worst your case you refuse to God Almighty. An on that day will be followers of those who refuse to bow.

  • CONTRIBUTION AGAIN 9 years ago

    Having faith in the stock exchange and faith in Jesus Christ is the same? I will call the stock one fate. Lamb of 666 , lamb of Jesus Christ and lamb of Alquaeda, are they the same? Reagan is 666.
    When Paul stood before his ...
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  • ??? 9 years ago

    God=666
    Jahweh=666
    Allah=666
    The kingdom of God=666
    Jesus Christ=666
    Religion=666
    Churches/synagogue/mosque/temples=666
    The christian crusaders=666
    All pastors/imams/priests of all religions serve the number 666.
    Rel ...
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  • CONTRIBUTION AGAIN 9 years ago

    The word Liberty can mean different things to different people. Jesus Christ warn the women who were crying for him, when carrying the cross and being beating tediously, he force a word saying, "Jerusalem women do not weep fo ...
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  • Adam 9 years ago

    is christianity like adolph hitler and george bush?? the fact that people are wrong does not make the religion a false one

  • F2k 9 years ago

    this ppl called muslims have certain mindset which i find difficult to understand thus their penchant for violence and unforgiveness.Its too bad they shld learn frm their christian counterparts.

  • sani 9 years ago

    is Christianity too a religion of homosexuality? because most of ur priests are gays.

  • F2k 9 years ago

    i wish u provide evidence for that false allegation.Dont say something that u hve knw knwoledge about.Do they also have something like Boko Haram,muslim brotherhood et cetera whose mission is to take precious lives.
    U are ju ...
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  • Adam 9 years ago

    because you.ve lost it.

  • Pero 10 years ago

    Dr Issah you are spreading untruth. Islam did not spread to Africa just by trade but by force. You remember how the 'barbers' a an indigenous black Africans were almost wiped by the spreaders of Islam. How come the north of ...
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  • BABS BKK 9 years ago

    WE DON,T VOICE OUT AGAINST THESE ILLITRACY IDIOTS, AS A MUSLIMS IF YOU DARE VOICE OUT AGAINST THESE CRIMINALS MILLITANTS, YOUR FELLOW MUSLIMS VIEW YOU AS NOT TRUE MUSLIM. IS REALY EMBARASSING AND SHAMEFUL THAT EVERYDAY AS A ...
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  • oyibaba 9 years ago

    It is the inherent equivocation of the Koran and the fluidity in its doctrinal interpretation by Islamic scholars which continue to make Islam epistemologically challenged and cultic in our day. It does not take too long for ...
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  • Mr. Em. 9 years ago

    Pero u dnt understand Dr Issah maybe becos ur understanding is very low, De just read a few verses of de Holy Quran which indicates that those folks doing those acts re not muslims but dey only attributed it to Islam n dat i ...
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  • Man of peace 9 years ago

    What a big shame to you to voice out such idiosyncratic words like that. Do you think muslims are the most pious or the holiest indigenous people on this planet? Your shallow thinking will end you people in a lake of fire (he ...
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  • MM 9 years ago

    Most of the peaceful verses Dr. Issah Imoro quoted are abrogated verses and have been replaced by the verses of the sword. The peaceful verses were revealed to the prophet before the hijra (flight to Medina)when he had little ...
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  • Adam michael 9 years ago

    its sad that a religion built on the death of a human being, now claims holiness. if indeed chritianity is da so-called true religion you are talking about, why is it only built on the death of jesus christ. if indeed God sen ...
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  • Adam michael 9 years ago

    any one who speaks arabic is an arab. this is to say that not all arabs are muslims. its saddens me that people act in contrast to the teachings of islam. but again, adolph hitler almost wiped out all jews, he was a christian ...
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  • GEORGE 9 years ago

    If Muslims were devils and terrorist as you are claiming then there would not have been a country called Ghana. Are you aware of how many muslims are in Ghana. Would the world even exist if the over billions of muslims were n ...
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  • Jake-Accra 9 years ago

    When the World Trade Center was destroyed by Osama Bin Laden and his group of terrorists killing hundreds of innocent souls, Muslims throughout the world were in jubilation. When Osama Bin Laden was killed by the gallant US S ...
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  • A. Ghanaian 9 years ago

    Sir,
    My understanding of your claim that Islam is a religion of peace is simply that majority of those lay claim to the Islamic religion over the years have exhibited peaceful relations with their fellow person. Though ther ...
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  • Abdulai 9 years ago

    Thank you very for your article about I slam and boko haram.Ithink boko haram is
    an enemy of Islam and God.We as muslem should try to fight them both ideologically and physically.

  • TEDDY 9 years ago

    So what is your point in defending Islam. Hindus don`t do that, Christians don`t do that, other religions don`t do all those things Moslems do in killing and the like. There is a spirit behind Islam. God told Abraham, I will ...
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  • Adam michael 9 years ago

    hitler and bush did it. will you classify them as christians? come again
    please or forever remain mute

  • Kinda 9 years ago

    The truth hurts, but Teddy is spot on with his points. There is a SPIRIT behind Islam! A violent and hateful spirit that wants to conquer, dominate and kill if people don't submit. And I tell you Moslems know this. Their avow ...
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  • atheist 9 years ago

    Quran 9:29 "Fight those who do not believe in Allah or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth from those who were given the ...
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  • jjim 9 years ago

    There is no way to convince anybody that Islam is a religion of peace.
    No way

  • RAZAK 9 years ago

    There is a way only if u want the truth, refer to the HOLLY QU'RAN and read the teachings, u can't judge a religion by the actions of individuals who are not perfect.

  • MUHAMMAD KAAMIL. 9 years ago

    ALLAAH SUBHANAHU WA TA'ALAA.is the only king.who protected and safe guarded His religion.not human nor jinn.human-being and jinn.were created by Allaah Aza wa jal.just to worship Him.without associating partners to Him.upon t ...
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  • Frank Agyena-Karikari 9 years ago

    So the many being killed in Libya, Syria,Somalia, Iraq among many places who are innocent CRIMINALS AND EVILDOERS? Moslems just need to redeem their image.

  • wali 9 years ago

    or did he muhamed?

  • Adam michael 9 years ago

    even muslims were killed during the killings.

  • Man of peace 9 years ago

    How many christians, jews, budhist, eckankar or any other religions will you ever hear that they are terrorising people apart from Islam. All over the world you will hear of Islamic terrorist like Boko Haram, Al-Qaeda, Al-sha ...
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  • RAZAK 9 years ago

    Mr Man of peace,sorry u have limited knowlledge of world records of terror. Hitler, was a christian who killed over six(6)million jews and was named as terrorist number one(1)in the world. W.WASHINTON the former President of ...
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  • KAK 9 years ago

    Today may be the time to free yourself from that tyrannical yoke of living in a false religion which came about to glue together a group of robbers, murderers and opportunists.

    Your first step towards eternal salvation is ...
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  • ??? 9 years ago

    Also a murderous attitude of thinking. No one is born a sinner. A society or lack of logical thinking and sensing make a human being to become evil with evil doings. No one died on a cross to save you from your lack of intell ...
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  • ??? 9 years ago

    Christians crusaders killed billions of humans till today. Jews killed billions of humans till today and still murdering the palestinian. All religion kills cos human beings don't want to reason with themselves to live in pea ...
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  • Man of peace 9 years ago

    Again, which religion would you ever see that whenever they want to kill someone, they will recite their Holy book before doing that. It is only the avarice islamic religion with their atrocities and cruelty who always do tha ...
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  • GIDEON ATONGO 9 years ago

    Quran(8:65)-"O prophet, exhort the believers to fight."
    Quran(8:12)-"I will cast terror into the heart of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them."
    Quran(2:216)-"Fightin ...
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  • ALALE 9 years ago

    The title of the article "IN DEFENSE OF ISLAM" itself is provocative. At this point in time when these young ladies and their loved ones are in so much pain, the least anybody can do is to remain silent and support the victim ...
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  • ABDUL-AZIZ 9 years ago

    What he did is to show verses from the HOLY QURAN condeming the actions of Boko Haram including the Abductions and you call that Heartless.

  • Komi 9 years ago

    The number of comments here all indicate how prejudiced the whole world has become towards Islam and Muslims, putting us in the defensive always. There are rebels in a lot of countries around the world. But when rebels arise ...
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  • MM 9 years ago

    People around the world including our own Africa are being killed in the name of the islamic God and all you do is rather accusing people of attacking Islam? Where did you sell your brains. The attacker says he is being attac ...
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  • Adam michael 9 years ago

    show a place in the bible where christianity adores other religion

  • ??? 9 years ago

    And where did you also sell your brain you educated illiterate? Are the christians and jewish better humans? Didn't there killed all their prophets. The Islam, despite it has become also a cult religion like any other religio ...
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  • Quesi 9 years ago

    You will never find members of other religions kill in the name of their GOd, you can only find this act in Islam and that is the difference between Muslim nations and the rest of the world.

  • afua 9 years ago

    Evil teachings has drove the so called boko haram group to destroy the lives of innocent girls. Our God merciful and we pray for the save return of these girls.

  • RAZAK 9 years ago

    The only source of judging perfection of Islam is by reading the HOLLY QUR'AN and the authentic hadiths, unfortunatly media today is controled by the west who appreciate nothing good about Islam, they choose whom they wish to ...
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  • MM 9 years ago

    Here is what I read from the quran so let's judge the quran's perfection as you claim.

    "Qur’an 9:29—Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and ...
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  • Joseph Baron USA 9 years ago

    Why make things look like everything is well with christians. even though am not a muslim, i don't think conderming muslims as whole by the works of some group is right. what is wrong is wrong.
    besides the bible has some of ...
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  • MM 9 years ago

    Joseph Baron my answer is in response of Razak's claim of quran's perfection. I only quoted exactly what's in the "perfect quran" so what's your beef?
    By the way I know you are a muslim applying al-taqyiya because quoting vi ...
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  • ali 9 years ago

    MUSLIMS SHULD UNITE TO DECLAIRE THAT EVIL KIDDNAPING AND KILLINGS IS REJECTED BY THEM IT IS TIME TO PROVE TO US THAT MUSLIM ARE NO CAWARDS AND STAND AGAINST EVIL AND NOT LOOK THE OTHER WAY

  • Rahman Kariyamah 9 years ago

    Islam can be measured as peaceful ideological struggle and those who have the impression that Islam is a violent religion mischievous and misunderstanding of the religion.any one who reads the Qur'an for himself will easily a ...
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  • tuy 9 years ago

    Your religion is the most violent in the world. Take Pakistan which has a blasphemy law, for example. Iran sentence people to death for abandoning Islam. I can list so many countries. Is Islam a peaceful religion?

  • Adam 9 years ago

    arabic name-bearing persons who are claimed to be muslims.besides arab and arabic are just clan and language and not religion.

  • charlie 9 years ago

    From hearing from both sides, its obvious that man created God and not God created man. The history of the begining of religion has never and will nevr improve human kind ever, Please lets abolish religion. Its bullshit and f ...
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  • african 9 years ago

    islam religion created by that evil mohammed and his arabian killers

  • Den 9 years ago

    Mr Razak you made mention of Adolf Hitler,George Washington and George W Bush as being Christians.This perception a lot of you Muslims hold is very wrong.The fact that the person said he's a Christian, does not make him one.I ...
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  • Adam 9 years ago

    i like what you.ve just said. that means boko haram is not acting on islamic principles and therefore not muslims. is was never and will never be built on any act of terrorism. he who practices it, is simply not a muslim

  • sani 9 years ago

    which part says anyone who says he/she is a muslim makes him/her one?

  • What will be... 9 years ago

    Wooow. what a beautiful point. "The fact that the person said he's a Christian, does not make him one."
    Gud point. The quran also says in 2:08 that:Of the people there are some who say: "We believe in Allah and the Last Day; ...
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  • Jerry Sodeman 9 years ago

    The author wrote, "Islam is a religion of peace, tranquility justice and perfect order." This is a blatant lie. The Quran clearly teaches violence against non-Muslims. Is there a terrorist or suicide bomber anywhere in the ...
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  • Adam 9 years ago

    that is not enough to make muslims. what you do not know is that not every one wid an arabic name or can speak arabic or even practice some acts of islam is a muslim. will u ever call adolph hitler a christian, which he was??

  • WOFA WOHOO 9 years ago

    You completely miss the point Jerry,the good author Dr Issa(GOD BLESS HIM)is telling you and others like you,how people can easily be mislead by a few fanatics who are not representing Islam but act as if what they do is in t ...
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  • Sir JoHn 9 years ago

    These Boko Haram or whatever are not Moslems period. Moslems live in peace with all mankind. Those BK people are sons of lucifer.

  • Kwame 9 years ago

    Abraham religions are wicked religions and that is how we are to call a spade a spade and not an instrument for digging.
    We all witnessed how the Islamist in Russia murdered communist then and after the revolution in 1917. ...
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  • TRUE GHANAIAN 9 years ago

    HE calmed the storm,made the blind see,healed the lepers,walked on water,raised the dead,read mens thoughts,made prophesses which were fulfilled;thunder,lightning and eclipse-like darkness filled the whole world at HIS cruxif ...
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  • yehushua 9 years ago

    tree is known by it fruits.african will destroy islam and it stupid so call prophet.he was the devil in disguise.

  • ??? 9 years ago

    Christianity is also a false flag, killed their prophet and forged his name to a person called jesus christ, die on a cross to have save your sin. A name which they invented and never existed to hide the murderous atrocity th ...
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  • WOFA WOHOO 9 years ago

    First and foremost under no circumtances should we insult people dead or alive,not to talk of even killing them completely for no just cause,do you know why some people die in serious motor accidents or die a terrible death y ...
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  • WHY THIS ARTICLE 9 years ago

    SIR,

    NAME THREE SIGNIFICANT WOMEN ISLAMIC SCIENTIST.

    AND WHILST YOU ARE AT IT HAVE YOU HEARD OF MANSAH MUSAH IN WEST AFRICA?

    ALSO WHY MOST PEOPLE EMIGRATE TO 'WESTERN' COUNTRIES ??

  • Awintara 9 years ago

    …If anyone killed a person not in retaliation for murder...(Holy Quran 5:32). that means you can kill as long as it is in retaliation for murder and you will not be guilty of sin. according to the above verse which Dr. Issa ...
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  • wali 9 years ago

    WHEN MUSLIMS SEE EVIL ,SENSLESS KILLINGS RAPES AND OTHER CRIME THEY MUST COME OUT OF THEIR HIDING PLACES
    AND TAKE A STAND AGAINST EVIL ,SINS AND CRIME OTHERWISE THEY WILL NEVER EARN RESPECT OF ANYONE TIME TO WAKE UP BROTHERS

  • Abdul K M'sia 9 years ago

    This is a nice piece but I hate to see nonentities slandering Islam, a religion made for blessed people. So leave those who want to tame Islam to Allah. He has already protected it. Do you know the number of times the western ...
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  • Osman Mohammed 9 years ago

    Islam commands equity, peace & justice and abhores criminality,
    BOKOM HARAM is an enemy to Islam,a deviant & selfish political movement antithetical to Islam

  • kassim siaka 9 years ago

    Very well Dr. I will copy and paste this article on my facebook wall to continou the message.

  • Asoreba 9 years ago

    The only defense we need now is for the young girls returned to their families. We don't need all this talk about the religion and what it teaches any longer. We see and know what it does. Action speaks louder than words. ...
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  • Root 9 years ago

    A Christian terror group, Lords Resistance Army (LRA) perpetuated similar mass abduction in northern Uganda back in 1996. A total of 139 girls aged between 11 and 16 were seized from dormitories at St Mary's School in Aboke. ...
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  • mr amin 9 years ago

    Those of u who ate very ignorant abput the teaching of islam shoul shut up ypur beaks. when the profet started preaching he was attacked by those who dis agree with him untill he teft Mecca to Madina for safty. any time the ...
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  • shumalma 9 years ago

    IS ADOLF HITLER A MUSLIM??? PLEASE STOP SAYING WHAT YOU DONT KNOW. CIVILIZATION START IN EGYPT WHICH AN ISLAMIC COUNTRY. ALLAH WILL ALWAYS PROTECT HIS RELIGION. I SUPPORT THIS ARTICLE

  • Campus Ministry Report 9 years ago

    Ladies and gentlemen, I have always stressed the need for people to pay heed to the sayings of Christ, the Son of the living God, and get baptized, by immersion.

    I encourage people to honestly take time to research and mak ...
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  • umar faruk 9 years ago

    . Islam means peace.
    Islam comes from the root word ‘salaam’, which means peace. It also means
    submitting one’s will to Allah (swt). Thus Islam is a religion of peace, which is
    acquired by submitting one’s will to ...
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  • Campus Ministry Report 9 years ago

    Submitting to God, simply means, submitting to the Lordship and authority of Christ Jesus, the Son of the living God.

    The Jews were mandated to submit to God/the God of Israel/the covenant God of Israel. And all the Prophe ...
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  • shahnaz Latif 9 years ago

    Islam re-enforces the concept of humanity and respect for individual liberty. It also reminds man of his fundamental human right of being free to choose his own religion, in chapter 2 verse 257 Allah says "There should be no ...
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  • Campus Ministry Report 9 years ago

    The founder of the Ahmadiyya movements rejected the crucifixion of Christ, saying HE survived the crucifixion and migrated to Kashmir where he died a natural death. Funny indeed!

    The founder emerged just recently (19th ce ...
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