Dubai, a short plane ride from Europe and much of Asia and Africa, offers its visitors accessible glamour and relative tolerance of other cultures: Bikini-clad Europeans frolic on beaches steps away from women in burqas, nightclubs are packed with revelers and the streets are dotted with Ferraris and Lamborghinis.

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Maybe because, at this moment of global religious tensions and confrontations, the relative religious tolerance (or indifference) found in New York City is not considered news.

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