Sheikh Rahman had a doctorate in Islamic jurisprudence from al-Azhar University in Cairo, the Harvard of Islamic thought. He also had a long history of guiding terrorist groups.


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Every bar mitzvah I ever went to was, 'Here comes 'Oh, What a Night.'
ERICH BERGEN
Baltimore is one of the most beautiful towns, really. And trust me, I don't say that about every...
POLLY BERGEN
For me, when I 'discover' a story, there is a feeling of buoyancy and clarity, perhaps simil...
DAVID BERGEN
A mentor, a 'teacher,' is like an editor. I absolutely value my editor, who is my teacher.
DAVID BERGEN
Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?
EDGAR BERGEN
Wisdom is meaningless until our own experience has given it meaning.
BERGEN EVANS
The mere abhorrence of vice is not a virtue at all.
BERGEN EVANS
Show me where Stalin is buried and I'll show you a Communist Plot.
EDGAR BERGEN
Maybe it is the war or the movies or because this generation was bred on radio comedy, but I found o...
EDGAR BERGEN
OK, magic boy, let's see who you really are.
EDGAR BERGEN
Charlie, what is nature of life?
EDGAR BERGEN
I think a construction project for me is like writing a novel. I can't do the project unless I c...
DAVID BERGEN
It starts at the top. It's valuable. When you have a young group, they might not have that push. By ...
SHANNAN BERGEN
I get tips from Bob Gaudio. And one of my songs somehow caught the attention of one of my idols, Mar...
ERICH BERGEN
There is no necessary connection between the desire to lead and the ability to lead, and even less t...
BERGEN EVANS
Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no f...
BERGEN EVANS
I came to Southbury because I wanted to live a more simple life. When I was a child, I saw lots of m...
POLLY BERGEN
Glamorized ... am I glamorous?
CANDICE BERGEN
We've been consolidating radar services literally for decades. When we do this, we make optimum use ...
KATHLEEN BERGEN
Invite characters of surprising and moral character, or at least those who grapple with what is righ...
DAVID BERGEN
Why not just flip the two and have the team thing at the end?
BOB BERGEN
The dual meets are much more fan-friendly than these individual tournaments that drag on for 12 hour...
BOB BERGEN
I think wrestling would take a big step forward if it treated itself like other team sports. I?d lik...
BOB BERGEN
It's somewhat of a contradiction, ... I guess the quieter the voice, the more necessary it is to pus...
DAVID BERGEN
She's a kid that'll go through a brick wall for you.
SHANNAN BERGEN
I'd seen the show, and I'd read the reviews of the show, and I said, 'Oh! What I wouldn't give to wo...
CANDICE BERGEN
I love the sort of cat and mouse with Denny Crane and that's really fun to play,
CANDICE BERGEN
When are you going to realize that if it doesn't apply to me it doesn't matter?
CANDICE BERGEN
I never have really said much about the whole episode, which was endless. But his speech was a perfe...
CANDICE BERGEN
-Because they're free.
-They might look free, but they aren't. Believe me. You're free.
-H...
DAVID BERGEN
I've been performing since I was very little, about three years old. I was inspired at first by ...
ERICH BERGEN
Bury the shit when you can and fess up if you can't.
MARGAUX BERGEN
I always said, 'A blind dog with three legs could get a standing ovation for singing 'I'...
POLLY BERGEN
I've never told you the story of Alice in Wonderland, have I?
EDGAR BERGEN
What keeps [friends] together? Common history, some shared conquests, a delight in ideas and people ...
MARGAUX BERGEN
Friends with whom you seriously fall out are death. Sometimes it will be completely your fault that ...
MARGAUX BERGEN
On the literal level, Ada is looking for her father. Charles's search is more psychological. Physica...
DAVID BERGEN
I gave up writing for seven years (very biblical) and picked it up again, still clueless and still s...
DAVID BERGEN
To think that this was once Happy Valley.
EDGAR BERGEN
We had to have a star each week... Possibly our program being on Sunday and having a little fun with...
EDGAR BERGEN