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My grandfather was a most gifted person, and amongst his many qualities, one of them had always particularly impressed me.

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he two worlds, Muslim and non-Muslim, Eastern and Western, must, as a matter of urgency, make a real effort to get to know one another, for I fear that what we have is not a clash of civilisations, but a clash of ignorance on both sides.
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