There's a lot of pride involved in my refusal to believe in god.

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The real question is how much suffering we've caused our womenfolk by turning headscarves into symbols - and using women as pawns in a political game.

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How much can we ever know about the love and pain in another heart? How much can we hope to understand those who have suffered deeper anguish, greater deprivation, and more crushing disappointments than we ourselves have known?

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