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Islamic war of religion is not new a phenomenon. We forget that 450 years ago, in the 1560s, North-West Europe faced bloody revolts by Calvinists, during the Wars of Religion that lasted 150 years. At one point a quarter of the population of Germany was killed. These wars determined which religion, Catholicism or Protestantism, would gain power and which would play a secondary role.

I am the one in charge of the 19 brothers… I was responsible for entrusting the 19 brothers… with the raids.

[Tapes aired by Al Jazeera, contained Osama bin Laden speaking (2006)]

It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences.

[Nelson Mandela, president of South Africa (1994–1999)]

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    Over 50 years, this gives 25 doublings, or 225 = 210 × 210 × 25 = (1024)2 × 32 = 33 million.

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Hafemeister, D. (2016). Terrorism. In: Nuclear Proliferation and Terrorism in the Post-9/11 World. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25367-1_12

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