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Mail Call; Faces of Moderation.(Letter to the Editor)

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Readers of our Jan. 3 profile of the moderate Muslim leaders of Malaysia and Turkey reacted passionately to the report. "Kudos!" cheered one Malaysia-lover. But Turks were not so laudatory. "I found the premises underlying your article deeply offensive," wrote one."You are bowing to the most crass stereotype of Islam."

Islam's New Face

Kudos to NEWSWEEK for the recent story on Malaysia and its moderate prime minister, Abdullah Badawi ("Islam's Happy Faces," Jan. 3). I just returned from Malaysia and found it amazing to see how well the three major ethnic groups--Malays, Chinese and Indians--live and work together. Thanks to Abdullah's leadership, ...

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