The mullahs of the Islamic world and the mullahs of the Hindu world an…

Arundhati Roy
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The mullahs of the Islamic world and the mullahs of the Hindu world and the mullahs of the Christian world are all on the same side. And we are against them all. ✨ David Barsamian, Arundhati Roy (2004). The Checkbook and the Cruise Missile: Conversations with Arundhati Roy : Interviews, p.145, South End Press
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