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Mecca

NPR
Published December 3, 2002 at 10:00 PM MST

Commentator Murad Kalam made a pilgrimage to Mecca for Ramadan, and saw diversity there. He says he realized that the values of Mecca -- acceptance of all as equals -- are American values.

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