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<api>
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    <querypage name="Ancientpages">
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        <page value="20090429114251" timestamp="2009-04-29T11:42:51Z" ns="0" title="The Messengers God Did Not Mention" />
        <page value="20090429115053" timestamp="2009-04-29T11:50:53Z" ns="0" title="THE HISTORICAL MOVE FROM THE SUPERNATURAL TO A UNIVERSE BASED ON LAWS" />
        <page value="20090429120805" timestamp="2009-04-29T12:08:05Z" ns="0" title="MESSENGERS FOR JUSTlCE" />
        <page value="20090429121503" timestamp="2009-04-29T12:15:03Z" ns="0" title="No Compulsion in Religion" />
        <page value="20090429122204" timestamp="2009-04-29T12:22:04Z" ns="0" title="The Meaning of the Universe &amp; Divine Purpose" />
        <page value="20090429124223" timestamp="2009-04-29T12:42:23Z" ns="0" title="Intellectuals: The Blind Guides" />
        <page value="20090429130709" timestamp="2009-04-29T13:07:09Z" ns="0" title="The Role of Humanity and the Sin of Self Exaltation" />
        <page value="20090429131204" timestamp="2009-04-29T13:12:04Z" ns="0" title="THE RETURN TO THE COVENANT OF THE PROPHETS" />
        <page value="20090429132351" timestamp="2009-04-29T13:23:51Z" ns="0" title="Prophetic Disobedience" />
      </results>
    </querypage>
  </query>
</api>