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These groups are often treated as heretics who split from Islam and whose beliefs and rituals are deemed beyond the pale of acceptance.
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Güneş Murat Tezcür, The Conversation, 23 July 2025
While these measures to revive manufacturing have gone well beyond prior Administrations (and perhaps beyond the pale), the impulse hasn’t changed.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
From comparisons to the modern-day Nazi gestapo to glorifying rioters, the violent rhetoric of these sanctuary politicians is beyond the pale.
—Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2025
Civil disobedience is honorable; violence is beyond the pale.
—David French, Mercury News, 10 June 2025
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Güneş Murat Tezcür, The Conversation, 23 July 2025
While these measures to revive manufacturing have gone well beyond prior Administrations (and perhaps beyond the pale), the impulse hasn’t changed.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
From comparisons to the modern-day Nazi gestapo to glorifying rioters, the violent rhetoric of these sanctuary politicians is beyond the pale.
—Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2025
Civil disobedience is honorable; violence is beyond the pale.
—David French, Mercury News, 10 June 2025
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“Beyond the pale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beyond%20the%20pale. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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