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I had only two things on my mind: cheese and how to get home.
“It appears utterly impossible that the United States will start a “preventive war.” We will fight when attacked, either directly or in a territory we have guaranteed to defend.”
― Lists of Note: An Eclectic Collection Deserving of a Wider Audience
― Lists of Note: An Eclectic Collection Deserving of a Wider Audience
“This man’s name was Reda Seyam, and his videos from Bosnia were some of the earliest examples of jihadist propaganda that has since ballooned into today’s use of violence as a recruiting tool. Many jihadists of my generation would later describe Bosnia and especially the massacre at Srebrenica as their “wake-up call.”
― I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad
― I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad
“Like a spider in its web, a vibration anywhere
is felt everywhere.”
― The Telling Image: Shapes of Changing Times
is felt everywhere.”
― The Telling Image: Shapes of Changing Times
“Leaving Germany and settling somewhere else would have been the easiest option,” he told the host. “We—and I am talking about whoever has a sense of humanity, no matter if Jewish, Muslim, or Christian—cannot let these right-wing groups win by allowing them to shut us up or by packing our bags.”
― I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad
― I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad
“I also began writing letters to the editor in response to news coverage or issues of the day; one of them, about Islam and women, was even published in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. After it ran, somebody from the neighborhood called my mother. “Tell your daughter to stay out of politics,” she said. But I was adamant that as a young woman and the daughter of guest workers I had a voice, too.”
― I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad
― I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad
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