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“On les écouta, on compatit, on s'indigna, on promit, mais on ne bougea pas une lance” quote by Amin Maalouf — Download Open image

““On les écouta, on compatit, on s'indigna, on promit, mais on ne bougea pas une lance””

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“Yes indeed, both Muslim and Jewish!I, her father, am Muslim, at least on paper; her mother is Jewish, at least in theory. With us, religion is transmitted through the father; among Jews, through the mother. Therefore, according to the Muslims, Nadia was Muslim; according to the Jews, she was Jewish. She herself might have chosen one or the other, or…

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