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“Every religion contains, in varying degrees, elements of the soft and the hard. For the sake of world peace, dialogue within religions and among them must strengthen the softer aspects.”

Quote by Johan Galtung

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Johan Galtung
Johan Galtung

Johan Galtung is a Norwegian mathematician born on October 24, 1930. He has conducted extensive research in mathematics, particularly in the fields of combinatorial mathematics and graph theory. more

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