Canadian Muslim writer riles, counters radical Islam

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TORONTO (AP) — Irshad Manji has plenty of enemies among her fellow Muslims. Her critique of Islam is frank and fierce. She defends the invasion of Iraq. She sympathizes with Israel. She's a lesbian and doesn't try to hide it.

What has brought this Uganda-born Asian-Canadian to prominence is her book, "The Trouble With Islam Today," just out in paperback in the United States where she has been touring and talking.

Manji maintains that centuries of dark dogma have silenced many followers of Islam, putting them behind veils while mullahs and terrorists claim to speak for Allah.

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