People say that human rights is a Western construct foisted on others. But that's not true. Equality, dignity, respect and justice are as much an integral part of the Islamic tradition.


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The sport I love has taken me around the world and shown me many things.
BONNIE BLAIR
No matter what the competition is, I try to find a goal that day and better that goal.
BONNIE BLAIR
I wasn't really expecting me to win the gold in this race. To get another medal for myself and f...
BONNIE BLAIR
Even though I enjoy that head-to-head competition part, one of the things that drove me to long trac...
BONNIE BLAIR
I love short track. I competed in short track, I was a world champion in 1986 but at that point in t...
BONNIE BLAIR
My parents put skates on me at age 2, the way it should be if you're serious, and I've alway...
BONNIE BLAIR
I'm definitely going to miss hearing the sound of that gun.
BONNIE BLAIR
What I've learned from my own journey, and from my family's experience with cancer, is how i...
BONNIE BLAIR
I never could have achieved the success that I have without setting physical activity and health goa...
BONNIE BLAIR
Winning doesn't always mean being first. Winning means you're doing better than you've e...
BONNIE BLAIR
It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that ...
TONY BLAIR
In Downing Street they called me 'Boss'. Civil servants would always call me 'Prime Mini...
TONY BLAIR
Every so often, I feel I should graduate to classical music, properly. But the truth is, I'm mor...
TONY BLAIR
We know that these gangs are not limited to the city of Toronto; they move about freely, and they ar...
BILL BLAIR
It is absolutely critical to take immediate and significant action to apprehend the people responsib...
BILL BLAIR
By working more co-operatively together, we believe we can mount a more effective response and do an...
BILL BLAIR
No one should doubt my resolve to maintain discipline in this service.
BILL BLAIR
I will not allow such action to take place and have today instructed my unit commanders and supervis...
BILL BLAIR
Stopping motorists or pedestrians in order to provide verbal or written information concerning the c...
BILL BLAIR
Friendship! Mysterious cement of the soul, Sweet'ner of life, and solder of society.
ROBERT BLAIR
There already has been a drift away from U.S. assets by Arab investors. You may well have a further ...
ANGUS BLAIR
The onus is now on the management of companies to produce good earnings growth to see if they will j...
ANGUS BLAIR
The major determinant is how much does it take from Jordan as opposed to other markets which histori...
ANGUS BLAIR
Well the key basically is the fact that the stock market is in itself cheap. Usually high, by intern...
ANGUS BLAIR
If this deal isn't approved by the U.S., it wouldn't proceed.
ANGUS BLAIR
You're chaffing me, aren't you?
ANTHONY BLAIR
Never let them see you're nervous, ... It's not what you're saying that counts, but how you say it.
ANTHONY BLAIR
Nothing much. I can't sing, I can't act, I'm no good with conjuring tricks. You don't need me for yo...
ANTHONY BLAIR
Maxwell, what are you doing for the concert party?
ANTHONY BLAIR
She jolly well does exist. And I'll get you her picture by next Friday!
ANTHONY BLAIR
It's just different discipline, just doing the voice over. I guess I've done about 5 or 6 au...
BLAIR UNDERWOOD
In retrospect, the Millennium marked only a moment in time. It was the events of September 11 that m...
TONY BLAIR
Anytime you ride against the best in the world, it becomes a learning process.
BONNIE BLAIR
Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, n...
TONY BLAIR
How blunt are all the arrows of thy quiver in comparison with those of guilt.
ROBERT BLAIR
I have very little faith that I'll ever find someone. I've had some bad luck and I've ma...
SELMA BLAIR
It frequently happens that where the second line is sublime, the third, in which he meant to rise s...
HUGH BLAIR
The good he scorned Stalked off reluctant, like an ill-used ghost, Not to return; or if it did...
ROBERT BLAIR
Human progress has never been shaped by commentators, complainers or cynics.
TONY BLAIR
However much I dislike the idea of abortion, you should not criminalize a woman who, in very difficu...
TONY BLAIR
The Russian early warning network has suffered false alarms in the recent past. It's deteriorating, ...
BRUCE BLAIR
The female audience may have a greater interest in the Olympics because of the competitors and the t...
BRUCE BLAIR