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All those criminal acts that were committed by a network of criminals regardless of their own justifications and motivations are true and cannot be denied, but they cannot represent all Muslims whom are approximately one fifth of the entire human population. Statistically, those group of criminals are varied in number and we cannot know really how many they are because it is a very difficult issue to deal with. William J. Peace in his essay "Slippery Slopes: Media, Disability, and Adoptive Sports" pointed out another unnoticed group among American people that has been discriminated against saying: "People with disabilities are the most over-looked, disenfranchised and stigmatized minority group in American society”1. This has been a part
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