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> [I realized that the ignorance was profound. I don't mean that in a pejorative sense, it's just that people didn't know what the Shari'a was, as such. They knew that it was something good. I should say perhaps that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadakat-kadri/i-realized-that-the-ignorance-was-profound-i-don-t-mean-that-in-a/)

[Sadakat Kadri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadakat-kadri/)

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> [I spoke to my father - my father's from Pakistan and he's also a lawyer - I said to him, "Well what does the Shari'a say?" And he said, "Well, of course it doesn't justify suicide bombs," but he didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadakat-kadri/i-spoke-to-my-father-my-father-s-from-pakistan-and-he-s-also-a-lawyer/)

[Sadakat Kadri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadakat-kadri/)

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