During the trial of the assassin of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, the presiding judge questioned the motive behind the murder.
"Why did you kill Sadat?" the judge inquired.
The assassin's response was, "Because he was secular!"
Perplexed, the judge asked, "What does secular mean?"
The killer admitted, "I don't know!"
Similarly, in the attempted murder of the renowned Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz, the assailant was questioned by the judge, "Why did you stab him?"
He replied, "Because of his novel – The Children of Our Neighborhood."
When asked if he had read the novel, the attacker confessed, "No!"
In another courtroom, a judge interrogated the murderer of the Egyptian writer Faraj Fouda, "Why did you assassinate Faraj Fouda?"
"Because he is an infidel," the murderer claimed.
The judge probed further, "How did you know he was an infidel?"
The murderer responded, "According to the books he wrote."
Curious, the judge asked, "Which of his books made you believe he was an infidel?"
The murderer revealed, "I haven’t read his books!"
Baffled, the judge pressed, "How?"
The murderer's startling admission was, "I don’t know how to read or write!"
Hatred is not a byproduct of knowledge; it thrives on ignorance.
Knowledge fosters tolerance, and often those who harbor animosity towards you know nothing about you.
Minds twisted by manipulation pose the greatest threat to humanity.
Knowledge is the antidote to the deadly disease of ignorance.
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