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“I went to the West and saw Islam, but no Muslims; I got back to the East and saw Muslims, but not Islam.”

Quote by Muhammad Abduh

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Muhammad Abduh (1849-1905) was an Islamic scholar, reformer, and thinker whose life and ideas had a profound impact on the modern Islamic world. more

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