Entering an American state quietly I can't abide an Islamic one (9)

Independent Cryptic #11867 | 8 Down | 2024-10-22
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

CAL (abbreviation for the US state of California) + P (p = abbreviation for Italian piano = quietly, in musical notation), with I inserted (entering), then HATE (as a verb = can’t abide). An Islamic state.

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