Quote by Karen Armstrong
Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as

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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Mythology and science both extend the scope of human beings. Like science and technology, mythology, as we shall see, is not about opting out of this world, but about enabling us to live more intensely within it. – Karen Armstrong

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Mohammed was not an apparent failure. He was a dazzling success, politically as well as spiritually, and Islam went from strength to strength to strength. – Karen Armstrong

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Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and they are all in different ways seeking to drag him out of that peripheral position, back to center stage. – Karen Armstrong

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Its normally the kiss of death to be identified as a rising star, or someone to watch. – George Osborne

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The death penalty is being applied in the United States as a fatal lottery. – Bianca Jagger

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Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient. – Henry Ward Beecher

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