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Some extremists take elements of the sacred scriptures out of context.

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Cat Stevens
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: July 21
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Steven Demetre Georgiou
Yusuf Islam
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I'm being followed by a moon shadow Leaping and hopping on a moon shadow... Did it take long to find me, I asked the faithful light ...and are you going to stay the night?
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I was brought up in the modern world of all the luxury and the highlight of show business. I was born into a Christian home.
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Though times have changed, it's a nice surprise to see that youthful feeling of anti-war sentiment returning once more to the cobbled main streets of Europe.
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Knowledge is a thing you can carry around with you, but you may not apply it. Some knowledge is indiscriminate, and it can be damaging. I recently found a wonderful definition of wisdom: It is that thing which results in the maximum good and the least harm.
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I always stood for the elimination of conflict and wars, and any of those causes that ignite them.
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There is a social need within our lives as human beings to have harmony.
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The harm done is often difficult to repair.
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