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" 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. "

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" The thing I love most about going to a book store is the self-help section is the biggest section because Americans know we're screwed up. We know it. But we want to get better. "

" 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. "

" You can condemn and criticize religion... all those things are fine, but you can't mock and disrespect people. "

" Palestine is the issue, and until this issue is resolved, there can be no peace. "

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

" I don't align myself with the West of the Muslim world. I align myself with what I perceive to be just and in accordance with my principles - the principles that I live my life by which are universal principles and that are embodied in the religion of Islam. "

" 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. "

" A tree grows. If you're staying the same, something is wrong. You're not alive. "

" Our world is increasingly interdependent and pluralistic, and in order to ensure a civil future, we must get to know one another. "

" As a Westerner, the child of civil rights and anti-war activists, I embraced Islam not in abandonment of my core values, drawn almost entirely from the progressive tradition, but as an affirmation of them. "

" The human family is a great one, and the Muslim branch is certainly worth knowing. "

" Every day, my love for Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, increases. "

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

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

" 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. "

" You don't fight ideas with bombs. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Stop taking pictures and start experiencing life. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Certainly, hunger can bring out the worst in us. But it can also bring out the best. "

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

" Our duty is to be patient. "

" 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. "

" Ideas must counter ideas. You can drop all the bombs you want, but if you don't pull up weeds by their roots, they just grow back. "