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“What we did for the Christians, we did to be faithful to Islamic law and out of respect for human rights.”
As reported by John W. Kiser, Commander of the Faithful (2008) · Letter to Bishop Louis-Antoine-Augustin Pavy of Algiers, 1860
Context Replying to the bishop of Algiers, who had thanked him for sheltering thousands of Christians during the July 1860 massacres in Damascus.
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