Abderrahmane Sissako Quotes

Every religion has had people going out and killing in the name of it. But that's not what religion is.

Abderrahmane Sissako

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• Every religion has had people going out and killing in the name of it. But that's not what religion is.

  

  Abderrahmane Sissako
  • Religion
  • Killing
  • Going Out