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<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Letter to America (Osama bin Laden)|2=[[File:Osama bin Laden.jpg|300px|link=Letter to America - Osama bin Laden]]|3=The letter to America is a 4,000-word document written by Osama bin Laden in 2002. The letter first appeared on the internet in Arabic on a Saudi Arabian website, and has since been translated and posted on Islamic websites run from the United Kingdom.
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Drinking Zamzam Water and its Health Risks
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Millions of Muslims visit the Zamzam well in Mecca each year while performing the Hajj or Umrah pilgrimages, in order to drink its water and, in many cases, to take home some of its water for distribution among friends and relations believing the well and the water which it pumps to be miraculous.

As with urine, milk, and alcohol, Muslims often make claims of their religious beliefs being backed by science. However, in May 2011, a BBC investigation found that genuine Zamzam water taken from the well contained arsenic levels three times the legal limit, something which could contribute to increasing people's risk of cancer. In addition to the dangerous arsenic levels, the holy water contained high levels of nitrate and potentially harmful bacteria. (read more)