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Abú al-Aláʾ al-Maʾarrí alebo iným prepisom Abu 'l-Aláʾ al-Maʾarrí , celým menom Abu 'l-Aláʾ Ahmad ibn Abd Alláh ibn Sulajmán al-Tanúhí al-Maʾarrí bol arabský básnik a filozof. Známy je najmä svojim kritickým postojom k spoločnosti a voľnomyšlienkárstvom, v niektorých svojich dielach dokonca parodoval niektoré aspekty islamu. Wikipedia  

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“The inhabitants of the earth are of two sorts:
Those with brains, but no religion,
And those with religion, but no brains.”

As quoted in The Crusades Through Arab Eyes (1984) by Amin Maalouf, p. 37
Variant translations:
The world holds two classes of men; intelligent men without religion, and religious men without intelligence.
A Short History of Freethought Ancient and Modern (1906) by John Mackinnon Robertson, Vol. I, Ch. VIII: Freethought under Islam, p. 269
The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit.
This form of the statement has been most commonly misatributted — to Avicenna, in A Rationalist Encyclopaedia: A Book of Reference on Religion, Philosophy, Ethics, and Science (1950) by Joseph McCabe, p. 43, and later to Averroes, in The Atheist World‎ (1991) by Madalyn Murray O'Hair, p. 46.
Originál: اِثْنَانِ أَهْلُ الْأَرْضِ ذُو عَقْلٍ بِلَا دِينٍ وَآخَرُ دَيِّنٌ لَا عَقْلَ لَهُ

“A little doubt is better than total credulity.”

As quoted in Leaving Islam: Apostates Speak Out (2003) by Ibn Warraq, p. 68