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“And Islamic rule has been like that ever since?”
“Yes, I think so. So if you want to practise Islam right now you have to build a state on the basis of a republic.”
“Aren’t you saying that Islam has failed?”
“No, not Islam. The people. The Muslims.”
“You think you can get them to do it now?”
― Among the Believers : An Islamic Journey
“Yes, I think so. So if you want to practise Islam right now you have to build a state on the basis of a republic.”
“Aren’t you saying that Islam has failed?”
“No, not Islam. The people. The Muslims.”
“You think you can get them to do it now?”
― Among the Believers : An Islamic Journey
“In short, while there can be no doubt about the presence of some Muslims in Sind, Gujarat and on the western coast of India, their number till the end of the tenth century was almost microscopic. In Hindustan proper, east of the river Indus, there were hardly any Musalmans in C.E. 1000.”
― Indian Muslims - Who are They [Paperback] [Jan 01,
― Indian Muslims - Who are They [Paperback] [Jan 01,
“The race of their victims would become a national debate but to me it was irrelevant. These men were nothing more than paedophiles and what they did, whether it was to a white girl, an Asian girl, or to a girl of any other race, was at heart just wrong, whatever the circumstances around it.”
― Girl A: My Story
― Girl A: My Story
“Having only indirect evidence is a less than satisfactory way of accepting new realities, but it has a noble tradition in science. Consider atoms.”
― The Known Unknowns: The Unsolved Mysteries of the Cosmos
― The Known Unknowns: The Unsolved Mysteries of the Cosmos
“There was an unspoken corollary: everything outside that community was shut out, everything outside was impious, impure, infidel. They were the righteous and the secure; they were happy in their reinforced faith.”
― Among the Believers : An Islamic Journey
― Among the Believers : An Islamic Journey
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