3 Quotes & Sayings By Ibn Warraq

Ibn Warraq is a writer and translator of contemporary Arabic literature, and the Editor of "Arabic for Westerners". He has translated over fifty books from Arabic to English, including such titles as The Decline of Arab Culture, The Arab Mind, and On Being an Arab. He has also written numerous articles on contemporary issues in the Middle East and is a frequent commentator on Middle East affairs.

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As Luxenberg's work has only recently been published we must await its scholarly assessment before we can pass any judgements. But if his analysis is correct then suicide bombers, or rather prospective martyrs, would do well to abandon their culture of death, and instead concentrate on getting laid 72 times in this world, unless of course they would really prefer chilled or white raisins, according to their taste, in the next. Ibn Warraq
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I do not wish to live in a society where you are stoned for adultery. I prefer to live in a society where we get stoned first, and then commit adultery. Ibn Warraq