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“It is as difficult to define or classify Islamic cinema as it would be a Christian, Jewish or Buddhist one.”

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The Enlightenment attacked religion - Christianity, mainly - for two reasons: that it was a set of ideological delusions, and that it was a…

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I think the Americans fished out the same condom but found it had too many holes in it.

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My family is Jewish, Buddhist, Baptist and Catholic. I don't believe in man-made religions.

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“Even my Buddhist friends have been feeling despair and when they go bad, you know the end is nigh.”

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He who causes suffering shall suffer. There is no escape.

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