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" Katrina did much more damage than anything the terrorists could ever put together. "

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" The Islamic tradition does show some areas of apparent incompatibility with the goals of women in the West, and Muslims have a long way to go in their attitudes towards women. But blaming the religion is again to express an ignorance both of the religion and of the historical struggle for equality of women in Muslim societies. "

" A democracy is predicated on an educated citizenry. You cannot have a democracy with people that are more interested in what Nicole Kidman is doing or whoever the latest fashion model is. "

" Whatever one thinks of the wisdom of building a mosque near Ground Zero, this controversy now affords us an immense opportunity to examine who we are as a people. It provides us with the opportunity to get back to our foundational ideals, which have always stood as a beacon for the rest of the world. "

" Muslims are not ashamed of their Prophet's teaching about war. On the contrary, for us it is a great source of pride. "

" Islam was hijacked on that September 11, 2001, on that plane, as an innocent victim. "

" The entrenched beliefs many westerners profess about Islam often reveal more about the West than they do about Islam or Muslims. "

" All peoples have contributed to the overall progress and enhancement of human life. "

" A lot of our leadership has become acutely aware of speaking more fairly, of speaking more balanced, of recognizing that hate speech in any form, even if it comes out of emotional anger, is dangerous. "

" 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. "

" Where you don't have people who have strong intellectual capacity, you get demagoguery. "

" The fear tactic is a tactic that's used by people who want to maintain control, and it's very effective. "

" People can't think when their minds are clouded with fear. "

" The Jews would have us believe that God had this bias to this little small tribe in the middle of the Sinai Desert, and all the rest of humanity is just rubbish. I mean, that is the basic doctrine of the Jewish religion, and that's why it is a most racist religion. "

" I know that people can live celibate lives. I did it myself for many years. "

" I've said some things about other religions that I regret now. I think they were incorrect. "

" I think that the idea of a war on an abstract noun is unacceptable. "

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

" In being aware of others' hunger, we contribute to a more empathic world. "

" I think the Hajj tends to reflect the state of the Ummah. That's one of the things about the Hajj is that you get to see the Ummah. It's a microcosm of the Ummah's condition. "

" To the solace of his name, simply saying 'Muhammad' has an incredibly soothing effect on me. "

" September 11 was a wake-up call to me. I don't want to contribute to the hate in any shape or form. I now regret in the past being silent about what I have heard in the Islamic discourse and being part of that with my own anger. "

" We must assert to the Abrahamic people that we are the last extension of the Abrahamic religion... There is no such thing as an Islamic tribe. "

" If you don't have religious fallibilism, you have immense problems. "

" Hunger can bring out the worst in us. "

" When a man wrote a political screed against the IRS and flew into its building, he was deemed mentally ill, even though it was clearly a political act. There's a double standard, which is: If his name is Muhammad, it's automatically terrorism. "

" Stop taking pictures and start experiencing life. "

" 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. "

" Live your lives. Go out; take walks amongst trees. "

" My great, great grandfather, Michael O'Hanson, fled the impending potato famine of Ireland and arrived in America in the early 1840s with his bride, Bridget. They headed for Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love and a mecca for Irish-Catholic immigrants then. "

" Many people in the West do not realise how oppressive some Muslim states are - both for men and for women. This is a cultural issue, not an Islamic one. "