The greatest number of drug addicts are to be found in Teheran and in Karachi, not in the West. Not in New York believe it or not. It's the same with the roles of slavery, racism and imperialism in the world. These institutions were present in other cultures. However, it was Western civilization which did something about slavery, about racism and voluntarily dissolved its empires leaving behind a very positive legacy of institutions not to mention buildings and roadways.
Human rights transcend local or ethnocentric values, conferring equal dignity and value on all humanity regardless of sex, ethnicity, sexual preferen… - Ibn Warraq
Human rights transcend local or ethnocentric values, conferring equal dignity and value on all humanity regardless of sex, ethnicity, sexual preferen…
- Ibn Warraq
Muslims have not ever been told to examine their faith in a critical way, so the shock is going to be even greater for them, as it is for any child w… - Ibn Warraq
Muslims have not ever been told to examine their faith in a critical way, so the shock is going to be even greater for them, as it is for any child w…
The idea that the West was economically successful because of slavery, it's just nonsense. - Ibn Warraq
The idea that the West was economically successful because of slavery, it's just nonsense.
All religions are sick men's dreams, false - demonstrably false - and pernicious. - Ibn Warraq
All religions are sick men's dreams, false - demonstrably false - and pernicious.
A culture that gave the world the spiritual creations of the Classical Music of Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner and Schubert, the paintings of Michelangelo… - Ibn Warraq
A culture that gave the world the spiritual creations of the Classical Music of Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner and Schubert, the paintings of Michelangelo…
Being from a minority culture, I realised the importance of looking at non-Western cultures in a positive way. - Ibn Warraq
Being from a minority culture, I realised the importance of looking at non-Western cultures in a positive way.
We cannot hope to win the ideological battle against Islam without criticism of Islam, it is essential that we continue to criticize Islam. - Ibn Warraq
We cannot hope to win the ideological battle against Islam without criticism of Islam, it is essential that we continue to criticize Islam.
We are free, in the West, to choose; we have real choice to pursue our own desires; we are free to set the goals and contents of our own lives; the W… - Ibn Warraq
We are free, in the West, to choose; we have real choice to pursue our own desires; we are free to set the goals and contents of our own lives; the W…
While many Islamic countries pay lip service to the idea of freedom of religion, they don't put up with conversion from Islam to another religion. - Ibn Warraq
While many Islamic countries pay lip service to the idea of freedom of religion, they don't put up with conversion from Islam to another religion.
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