Quote of the day
One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything.
Majid Khadduri
Born: September 27, 1909
Died: January 25, 2007 (aged 97)
Bio: Majid Khadduri was an Iraqi born academic. He was founder of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies Middle East Studies program.
Known for:
- War and Peace in the Law of Islam (1940)
- The Islamic conception of justice (1984)
- The Islamic Law of Nations (1966)
- War in the Gulf, 1990-91 (1997)