History
The following Qur'anic verse established a general principal in biographical evaluation: “Oh you who believe, if a wrongdoer should approach you conveying information, then verify that so as not to fall into ignorance thus regretting what you have done.”
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“... in America ... children are instructed in the virtues of the system they live under, as though history had achieved a happy ending in American civics.”
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