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• Western society is a society of ever richer, more varied, more productive, more self-defined, and more satisfying lives; it is a society of boundless private charity; it is a society that broke, on behalf of merit, the seemingly eternal chains of station by birth.

  Ibn Warraq

  Self, Merit, Charity

  Source: counterjihadreport.com

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• Because of its exceptional capacity for self-criticism, the West took the initiative in abolishing slavery; the calls for abolition did not resonate even in black Africa, where rival African tribes took black prisoners to be sold as slaves in the West.

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  Self, African Tribes, Black

  Source: counterjihadreport.com

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• I wish more people would belabor the obvious, and more often.

  Ibn Warraq

  People, Wish, Obvious

  Ibn Warraq (2010). “Why I Am Not a Muslim”, p.189, Prometheus Books

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• Each time you admire the façade of the New York Public Library, you are paying homage to Western civilization.

  Ibn Warraq

  New York, Civilization, Library

  Ibn Warraq (2013). “Why the West is Best: A Muslim Apostate's Defense of Liberal Democracy”, p.13, Encounter Books

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• I always have tendency to form very strong local attachments, so I was very keen to find out about the school I was going to, its history, and the countryside. I was acquiring a kind of English character if you like, Englishness about things and my attitudes.

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  Strong, Attitude, School

  Source: www.ruthfullyyours.com

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• Abolitionism did not find positive response in Africa as it did in Western societies and cultures.

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  Culture, Response, Western

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• Slavery had very little to do with the economic success of the West. Just look at the facts and figures and how much slavery actually contributed to development.

  Ibn Warraq

  Looks, Development, Slavery

  Source: www.ruthfullyyours.com

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• By working and living in New York, you are breathing Western civilization, continuously reminded of its benefits and its values.

  Ibn Warraq

  New York, Breathing, Civilization

  Ibn Warraq (2013). “Why the West is Best: A Muslim Apostate's Defense of Liberal Democracy”, p.13, Encounter Books

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• Discussions of Western civilization are too often confined to works of high art that reflect a relatively narrow element of public taste and experience.

  Ibn Warraq

  Art, Civilization, Taste

  Ibn Warraq (2013). “Why the West is Best: A Muslim Apostate's Defense of Liberal Democracy”, p.13, Encounter Books

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• I maintain that Western popular culture at its best is worthy of respect and should be cherished as much as the operas of Wagner.

  Ibn Warraq

  Culture, Opera, Should

  Ibn Warraq (2013). “Why the West is Best: A Muslim Apostate's Defense of Liberal Democracy”, p.13, Encounter Books

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• The idea that the West was economically successful because of slavery, it's just nonsense.

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  Successful, Ideas, Slavery

  Source: www.ruthfullyyours.com

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• Being from a minority culture, I realised the importance of looking at non-Western cultures in a positive way.

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  Western Culture, Minorities, Way

  Source: ibnwarraq.com

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• You can't grow up without taking a few knocks on the way. All parents know that, but children when they're growing up, they take some knocks, and nasty knocks sometimes if they've been too protected.

  Ibn Warraq

  Children, Growing Up, Parent

  Source: ibnwarraq.com

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