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I'll give you one guess what my toilet brush is called.
And if you want some more vocal opinions, you can visit The religion of peace.
Have you ever heard of the word "meme"? It was coined by the British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in his book The Selfish Gene (1976). A meme is a concept for discussion of evolutionary principles in explaining the spread of ideas and cultural phenomena. A meme is anything that can be copied from one mind to another. The custom of shaking hands, for example, is a meme. A melody is a meme. A recipe for lemonade is a meme. Even the word "meme" is a meme, which has just made a copy of itself in your mind. I came across a great article, somewhat long and detailed, on how Islam uses a combination of memes to spread very effectively.
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