Moazzam Begg - “Life was fleeting, I had learned, and...”

“Life was fleeting, I had learned, and death guaranteed. There had to be some greater purpose to it than the routine existance of daily life. ”

Moazzam Begg Enemy Combatant: A British Muslim's Journey to Guantanamo and Back

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