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Most of the oppression of Muslims in the world right now is carried out by other Muslims.

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A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it or offer your own version in return.

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The question I'm always asking myself is: are we masters or victims? Do we make history, or does history make us? Do we shape the world, or are we jus...more

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In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from hullabaloo, from terrible, unquiet fuss.

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Religion, a mediaeval form of unreason, when combined with modern weaponry becomes a real threat to our freedoms. This religious totalitarianism has c...more

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A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.

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Don't let the zealots make Muslim a terrifying

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Nobody ever wanted to go to war, but if a war came your way, it might as well be the right war, about the most important things in the world, and you ...more

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Tai tapped his left nostril. 'You know what this is, Nakkoo? It's the place where the outside world meets the world inside you.

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The fundamentalist seeks to bring down a great deal more than buildings. Such people are against, to offer just a brief list, freedom of speech, a mul...more

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How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized.