Naguib Mahfouz

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I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.

Naguib Mahfouz

peace

I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while.

Naguib Mahfouz

poetry

I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party.

Naguib Mahfouz

politics

God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.

Naguib Mahfouz

religion

If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in Egypt nothing moves people as much as religion.

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religion

Today's interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization.

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religion

If we reject science, we reject the common man.

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science

History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.

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society

I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.

Naguib Mahfouz

society

I defend both the freedom of expression and society's right to counter it. I must pay the price for differing. It is the natural way of things.

Naguib Mahfouz

society

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