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How U.S. Muslims View Looming Iraqi Conflict

By Barbara Bradley Hagerty

Published March 14, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

NPR's Barbara Bradley Hagerty reports on how a potential war with Iraq is being viewed by American Muslims and others. Viewed through the filter of religion, some see echoes of crusades, others see the conflict as driven by politics and economics.

Barbara Bradley Hagerty

Barbara Bradley Hagerty is the religion correspondent for NPR, reporting on the intersection of faith and politics, law, science and culture. Her New York Times best-selling book, "Fingerprints of God: The Search for the Science of Spirituality," was published by Riverhead/Penguin Group in May 2009. Among others, Barb has received the American Women in Radio and Television Award, the Headliners Award and the Religion Newswriters Association Award for radio reporting.

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