Below are three excerpts from Bernard Lewis’ (“the West’s leading interpreter of the Middle East” and “the most influential postwar historian of Islam and the Middle East.”) classic 2003 book The crisis of islam. In the first excerpt, Lewis explains what jihad means, in the second excerpt he talks the similarities / differences between jihad and crusades and the third excerpt explains the difference between martyrs in islam and christendom. Emphasis in bold was added.
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When Jordan Peterson came to Silicon Valley to be interviewed during an event called Simulation, he made a lot of very interesting remarks.
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Wat zeggen de verkiezingsprogramma’s van het CDA, de Christenunie, D66, Denk, FvD, GroenLinks, de PVV, de SGP, de SP, 50Plus en de VVD over immigratie, integratie en islam?
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Below, you’ll find the paragraphs in Karl Popper’s 1972 book Objective knowledge: an evolutionary approach, in which he introduces his theory of three worlds.
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How rich is Tony Soprano? How much does he earn? What are his assets worth? How much money does he spent? To make an estimate, here’s a list of the spendings, earnings and possessions of Tony Soprano, his crew and his peers.
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Een geniaal citaat uit De genealogie van de moraal. Een strijdschrift, Tweede verhandeling, §19.
De genealogie van de moraal verscheen oorspronkelijk in 1887. Onderstaand citaat komt uit de in 2000 gepubliceerde en door Hans Driessen herziene Nederlandse vertaling van Thomas Graftdijk. Cursiveringen zijn conform het origineel.
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Een lijst van islamitische terreur-aanslagen op Nederlands grondgebied. In totaal waren er 9 islamitische terreur-aanslagen in 20 jaar, waarbij er 6 doden en 15 gewonden vielen.
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A list of interesting psychological phenomena.
It’s often said one cannot prove a negative. Most often, this wisdom is applied to the (non-)existence of god. You very frequently hear someone state that you can’t prove the non-existence of God. Even atheists will tell you this. Luckily, they are not entirely right.
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