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The hajj is one of the five essential practices of Islam when they

The hajj is one of the five essential practices of Islam when they make the pilgrimage to Mecca, Muslims ritually act out the central principles of their faith. – Karen Armstrong

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After I left the convent, for 15 years I was worn out with religion, I wanted nothing whatever to do with it. I felt disgusted with it. If I saw someone reading a religious book on a train, Id think, how awful. – Karen Armstrong

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Religion
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Every fundamentalist movement Ive studied in Judaism, Christianity and Islam is convinced at some gut, visceral level that secular liberal society wants to wipe out religion. – Karen Armstrong

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Religion
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Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying in a devastating, disgraceful, helpless death. – Karen Armstrong

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Americans are fascinated by their own love of shopping. This does not make them unique. Its just that they have more to buy than most other people on the planet. And its also an affirmation of faith in their country. – Simon Hoggart

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I have faith in the United States and our ability to make good decisions based on the facts. – Al Gore

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Its faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you. – Francis Wright

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Neither have they hearts to stay, nor wit enough to run away. – Samuel Butler

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Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy. – Joseph Campbell

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Beauty, to me is about being comfortable in your own skin. – Gwyneth Paltrow

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Resolved, that the women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the men of 1776. – Susan B. Anthony

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