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The extinction of race consciousness as between Muslims is one of the outstanding moral achievements of Islam, and in the contemporary world there is, as it happens, a crying need for the propagation of this Islamic virtue.
Arnold J. Toynbee Civilization on Trial · 1948

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“The extinction of race consciousness as between Muslims is one of the outstanding moral achievements of Islam, and in the contemporary world there is, as it happens, a crying need for the propagation of this Islamic virtue.”

Arnold J. Toynbee · Civilization on Trial, 1948 · Primary source

“Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism. It is the notion of ascribing moral, social or political significance to a man’s genetic lineage—the notion that a man’s intellectual and characterological traits are produced and transmitted by his internal body chemistry. Which means, in practice, that a man is to be judged, not by his own character and actions, but by the characters and actions of a collective of ancestors.”

Ayn Rand · The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z, 1986 · Primary source

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2 authors · 2 works · 4 themes · 10 tags
Authors
Arnold J. Toynbee English historianAyn Rand American writer and philosopher
Works
Civilization on Trial Arnold J. Toynbee · 1948The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z Ayn Rand (Author), Harry Binswanger (Editor) · 1986
Themes
Religious community beyond raceRacial equality as a moral achievementIndividual versus collective identity
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IslamRacial equalityMuslim communityUniversalism
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