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You cannot simply read the Quran,not if you take it seriously.You either have surrendered to it already or you fight it.
It attacks tenaciously,directly,personally; it debates,criticizes,shames and challenges.
From the outset it draws the line of battle, and I was on other side.
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― Struggling to Surrender: Some Impressions of an American Convert to Islam
― Struggling to Surrender: Some Impressions of an American Convert to Islam
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The German starts by claiming: 'German is off course ze best language. It is ze language off logik and philosophy, and can commuicate viz great clarity and precision even ze most complex ideas.' 'Boeff,' shrugs the Frenchman, 'but French, French, it ees ze language of lurve! In French, we can convey all ze subtletees of romance weez elegance and flair.
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― The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention
― The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention
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