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There may not be a worse intellectual or spiritual crime than reading the Qur’an with the sole intention of proving your own opinion that you formed prior to consulting the Book of Allah.

If you come to Istanbul, chances are what you will notice almost before anything else, are the Syrian beggars, predominantly women and children. Often, impossibly young children, barely toddlers, curled up on a piece of cardboard on the sidewalk, with a cup in front of them to collect coins. Many of them are now professional…