If Islam is to be reconciled with modernity, these voices must be encouraged until they swell into a roar.
Salman RushdieAll my adult life, if I didn't have several hours a day to sit in a room by myself, I would get antsy and irritable.
Salman RushdieBoth John F. Kennedy and Nelson Mandela use the same three-word phrase which in my mind says it all, which is โFreedom is indivisible. You canโt slice it up, otherwise it ceases to be freedom. You can dislike Charlie Hebdo โฆ but the fact that you dislike them has nothing to do with their right to speak.
Salman RushdieIn today's US, it's possible for almost anyone - women, gays, African-Americans, Jews - to run for, and be elected to, high office.
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