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" The acquisition of knowledge - knowledge of both the world and of their own religion - will inoculate young people against extremist ideologies. "

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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. "

" I would rather live as a Muslim in the West than in most of the Muslim countries, because I think the way Muslims are allowed to live in the West is closer to the Muslim way. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" The true object of war fought for God should always be peace. "

" 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. "

" My alignment is with what I perceive as just and fair. If it's with the Muslims, then I'm with the Muslims, if it's with the West then I'm with the West. It's about justice and fairness. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" You don't fight ideas with bombs. "

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