Leo Tolstoy: Apostle of Love In A Time Of Chaos And Cruelty – II Far from being insular, Tolstoy studied Arabic and Turco-Tatar at university and later read the Quran, eventually hiring a Bashkir assistant

In an age of endless war and hardened borders, Tolstoy reminds us that the real struggle is not between nations—but between love and ego, conscience and power.
By Akbar Ahmed, Amineh Hoti & Frankie Martin

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