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It was Sir Sayyid’s Kashmiri protégé, Chiragh Ali (1844–95), who most succinctly outlined his mentor’s argument for legal reform. Chiragh Ali was incensed at the way Islam had been portrayed by Europeans as “essentially rigid and inaccessible to change.” The notion that its laws and customs are based “on a set of specific precepts which can neither
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Sadiq Khan.
Gregory David Roberts • Shantaram: A Novel
[Was Zafar] the original mover, the head and front of the undertaking, or but the consenting tool…the forward, unscrupulous, but still pliant puppet, tutored by priestly craft for the advancement of religious bigotry? Many persons, I believe, will incline to the latter. The known restless spirit of Mahommedan fanaticism has been the first aggressor
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The mufti was apparently planning to return to Palestine in the event of a German victory and to construct a death camp modeled after Auschwitz, near Nablus.
Alan Dershowitz • The Case for Israel
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A defendant appeals pretrial detention, arguing against an unlawful search and seizure claim and insufficient evidence showing he posed a real and present threat. The court's decision is affirmed.
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Alan Dershowitz • The Case for Israel
We crept in as humble barterers, whose existence depended on the bounty and favour of the lieutenants of the kings of Delhi; and the “generosity” we have shown was but a small acknowledgement of the favours his ancestors had conferred to our race.116 Russell concluded by pointing out that if the King was to be tried by a proper court of law, rather
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Khomeini argued that in the absence of the Mahdi, divine guidance could come only from the Hidden Imam’s representatives on…
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Reza Aslan • No god but God (Updated Edition): The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam
