“I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it means to be ‘civilized.’… It is, I believe, to live with a moral standard that takes into account our fellow man, and to ask: What do we owe one another, and what do we owe strangers?”
Tag: The New York Times
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After London Attack, Living Between Cultures
“Five days ago in London, Iranians were celebrating Nowruz, teaching our English friends to say “Happy New Year” in Farsi. Two days later, a terrorist named Khalid Masood drove into a crowd of pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, killing two and injuring forty. Now, again, we are on familiar ground: Someone has killed in the name of Islam.”