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  <query-continue>
    <alltransclusions gatcontinue="Current_Islamic_Issues|35" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="23" ns="0" title="1: The major stages in the intellectual progress" />
      <page pageid="24" ns="0" title="3: The main features Jawdat&#039;s project" />
      <page pageid="25" ns="0" title="4: Two sources of knowledge" />
      <page pageid="26" ns="0" title="5: Are you advocating the discarding of jihad" />
      <page pageid="29" ns="0" title="6: The basic tenets of Iqbal&#039;s project" />
      <page pageid="30" ns="0" title="7: The challenge of globalization" />
      <page pageid="31" ns="0" title="8: Patriarchal-glorification-and-infallibility" />
      <page pageid="32" ns="0" title="9: Is the Islamic mind in a crisis?" />
      <page pageid="33" ns="0" title="10: The present Arabic cultural scene" />
      <page pageid="34" ns="0" title="11: Muhammad Arkoun&#039;s attitude" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>