Ibn Warraq: "Baratlah yang telah membebaskan perempuan, minoritas ras,...

"Baratlah yang telah membebaskan perempuan, minoritas ras, minoritas agama, dan gay dan lesbian, mengakui dan membela hak-hak mereka. Gagasan kebebasan dan hak asasi manusia hadir pada awal peradaban Barat, setidaknya sebagai cita-cita, tetapi secara bertahap mulai membuahkan hasil melalui tindakan self-kritik tertinggi."

--- Ibn Warraq

Versi Bahasa Inggris

It is the West that has liberated women, racial minorities, religious minorities, and gays and lesbians, recognizing and defending their rights. The notions of freedom and human rights were present at the dawn of Western civilization, as ideals at least, but have gradually come to fruition through supreme acts of self-criticism.