A culture that gave the world the spiritual creations of the Classical Music of Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner and Schubert, the paintings of Michelangelo, and Raphael, Da Vinci and Rembrandt, does not need lessons from societies whose idea of spirituality is a heaven peopled with female virgins for the use of men, whose idea of heaven resembles a cosmic brothel.
Ibn WarraqBy working and living in New York, you are breathing Western civilization, continuously reminded of its benefits and its values.
Ibn WarraqBeing from a minority culture, I realised the importance of looking at non-Western cultures in a positive way.
Ibn WarraqThe West has given us the liberal miracle of individual rights, individual responsibility, merit, and human satisfaction.
Ibn Warraq