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" Corruption is rife in the Muslim world, and when it is coupled with the marginalization of religion, it manifests itself as frustration and becomes a fertile recruiting ground for extremism. "

Hamza Yusuf

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" We want to counter the idea that Muslims and non-Muslims can't live together. This is not who we are or who we want to be. "

" We don't have any power other than our intellect and our hearts. "

" We Muslims in the West, like Jews before us, grapple with the same issues that Jews of the past did: integration or isolation, tradition or reform, intermarriage or intra-marriage. "

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" The greatest preventative to terrorism is Muslim religious literacy. "

" Our duty is to be patient. "

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