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England has an interesting relationship with the Indian subcontinent because the years of colonization and the history between the two places.

Aasif Mandvi

I think that hijacks the spirituality and beauty that exists within Islam. I believe in allowing Islam to be seen in context and in its entirety and being judged on what it really is, not what you think it is.
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Allowing Beauty Exist Hijack Islam People Spiritual Think
I’ve always said I’m the worst representative of Muslim-Americans that’s ever existed, because I’ve been inside more bars than mosques.
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Bar Existed Inside More Mosque Muslim
Statistically there is enough voter fraud to sway zero elections.
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Election Statistically Voter Voter Fraud Zero
I mean, but obviously, in people’s eyes, it still – it can still link Islam to terrorism. I mean, why does it make a difference that they’re white?
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Difference Eye Mean Obviously People White
From my parent’s generation the idea was not that marriage was about some kind of idealized, romantic love. It was a partnership. It’s about creating family. It’s about creating offspring.
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Creating Generation Idea Ideas Marriage Parent Romantic Love
The artist never really has any control over the impact of his work. If he starts thinking about the impact of his work, then he becomes a lesser artist.
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Artist Control Impact Over Thinking Work
If you don’t acknowledge differences, it’s as bad as stereotyping or reducing someone.
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Acknowledge Bad Differences Stereotype Reducing Someone
I was born in India – but never really lived there.
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Born India Live Really
North Carolina precinct chairman and GOP executive committee member Don Yelton thinks his state’s new voting restrictions are just fine.
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Carolina Definitely Don Member North Restriction State Thinking Voting Yelton
Now the bigots have to get creative. Good luck coming up with slurs for Chechens. Go back where you came from, Ushanka head.
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Bigot Chechen Committee Creative Good Luck
In America, people think being South Asian is still kind of exotic. When you go outside New York and Chicago and L.A., there are people who have never tried Indian food… they’ve never even tasted it!
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America Chicago Country Exotic New York Outside People Thinking
The idea that I had anything to do with speaking about Islam or about the Muslim world was just absurd to my family. … I hadn’t been to the mosque in like 10 years.
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Country Family Idea Islam World Year
If you choose to be a Muslim then you believe that it is on some level wrong to show the image of the Prophet Muhammad.
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Believe Levels Prophet Muhammad
An artist’s job is simply to take the mirror in front of your face and hold it there. It’s not to give you any answers. It is simply to take that mirror and point it at you.
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Answer Artist Face Front Hold Job Mirror Simply
I’m Muslim the way many of my Jewish friends are Jewish: I avoid pork, and I take the big holidays off.
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Big Friend Holiday Jewish Muslim Off Pork Way
You do find a lot of your time in the West kind of searching for your place in the world – your voice, your identity, like, who am I? Like, what is my reason for being here, you know? And in that same way who am I to be partnered with, you know?
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Identity Lot Searching Time Voice World

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