"The oppressed martyrs of our culture have shed blood that nourish the red tulips of our nation."

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“Once Europe existed in a Dark Age and Islam carried the torch of learning. Now we Muslims live in a Dark age.”

“The ways of the British are inscrutable but they always seem to obtain their own ends without compromising their dignity or their honor.”

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