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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <images>
          <im ns="6" title="File:BE LIKE ADAMS UPRIGHT SON.pdf" />
          <im ns="6" title="File:Change-En.pdf.pdf" />
          <im ns="6" title="File:FOREWORD To-ALLAH NOT THE KING.pdf" />
          <im ns="6" title="File:IMMIGRATION TO ISLAM.pdf" />
          <im ns="6" title="File:Jawdat Said’s Main Ideas.pdf" />
          <im ns="6" title="File:Reading, Science and Peace.pdf" />
          <im ns="6" title="File:The Way of Adams Upright Son.pdf" />
          <im ns="6" title="File:WORK 121.pdf.pdf" />
        </images>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>