Thanks, maahey. I hadn't thought of reading it that way. If anything, that confirms my original complaint, that the piece had not been written clearly enough. Since my Dad grew up and went to school in what is now Pakistan, and the (now)elite boarding school he attended has had its chapel converted into a mosque, the notion that Pakistan was not included as a Muslim nation made me smile.
Wa-as salaam alaikum


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