“I don't hate Muslims. I hate Islam.”

'I don't hate Muslims. I hate Islam' http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/17/netherlands.islam. By Ian Traynor. The Guardian. Published 17 February 2008.
2000s

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