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Art Quote by Ibn Warraq

“Discussions of Western civilization are too often confined to works of high art that reflect a relatively narrow element of public taste and experience.” quote by Ibn Warraq — Download Open image

“Discussions of Western civilization are too often confined to works of high art that reflect a relatively narrow element of public taste and experience.”

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Monotheism is in its turn doomed to subtract one more God and become atheism

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I have always felt that many Christians, deeply sincere Christians, support the idea of separation of State and Church and the secularist in that…

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In Saudi Arabia, among other countries, Muslims are not free to convert to Christianity, and Christians are not free to practice their faith. The…

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I wish more people would belabor the obvious, and more often.

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It is the West that has liberated women, racial minorities, religious minorities, and gays and lesbians, recognizing and defending their rights. The notions of…

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The great ideas of the West - rationalism, self-criticism, the disinterested search for truth, the separation of church and state, the rule of law,…

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Not only is the West so successful economically, but it leads the world scientifically, and culturally.

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Abolitionism did not find positive response in Africa as it did in Western societies and cultures.

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The greatest number of drug addicts are to be found in Teheran and in Karachi, not in the West. Not in New York believe…

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Of course slavery and the Muslims were deeply implicated in the slave trade, Islam was an Imperialist religion which destroyed Christianity in the Near…

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I think forgiveness plays a very important part in Western society and it comes from the Judeo Christian heritage.

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Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness: this triptych succinctly defines the attractiveness and superiority of Western civilization.

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