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Edgy First College Assignment By Patrik Johnson Summary
In this essay by Patrik Johnson, "Edgy First College Assignment: Study of the Koran", it is all about the conflict it had on the campus of University of North Carolina. It had so much effect on some of the students that it led to some of them withdrawing from the school. There are others, however, that believe it is a good addition to the school. They are not forcing the students to take this religion as their own, they are simply teaching them about different people's belief's. It is hard to say which side is the correct side because they both have legitimate arguments. John Sanders, a member of the John Locke Foundation, because he does not believe that it is something we should be required to take. In the story he said, "We are at war,

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