Classifieds: | | | Wash/Politics Health Editorial/Opinion More News Marketplace Today's Top News Stories • - 6:58 PM • - 7:09 PM • - 2:36 PM • - 4:13 PM • - 3:34 PM • Progressive Muslims are finding a voice By G. Jeffrey MacDonald, Special for USA TODAY Muslims and others who are eager to see Islam move in new, progressive directions are getting a big boost from the mainstream U.S. publishing industry. Since January 2004, at least five new, Muslim-written titles have come to offer general-interest readers an inside take on the state of Islam in the 21st century. At least three are going to press for the first time this year. Approaches vary, but the authors share a common goal: to reclaim the world's second-largest religion from hard-line extremists who have been dominating the headlines. "There's just no question that right now this is o

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