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Dar al-Harb lands of war; regions not ruled by Muslims where war against non-believers was sanctioned
War lands
“Everyone is conservative about what he knows best.”
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“War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner.”
― Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
― Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
“Democracy has nothing to do with freedom. Democracy is a soft variant of communism, and rarely in the history of ideas has it been taken for anything else.”
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“Sovereign is he who decides on the exception.”
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“Matter is spirit moving slowly enough to be seen.”
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