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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I think all this Facebook stuff should just stop! "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" You don't fight ideas with bombs. "

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

" There are many ways to be hungry. One can hunger for love, or fame or social justice, but hunger for food seems to curb all other cravings. "

" 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. "

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

" Reason cannot calm the storm of emotion, and emotion usually wins, until it settles down and allows reason to rise again and apologize on behalf of it. "

" 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. "

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

" ISIS is very similar to the Kharijites, who were a toxic off-shoot of Islam. It's not Islam; it's a perversion of Islam, and to label these militant externalities as Islam is to legitimize their actions. "

" 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. "

" Much to the chagrin of the staunchly secular among us, religion shows no sign of going away. Predictions of the demise of religion, faith, tradition - and even God - have consistently been proven wrong. "

" Radicalization is very easy when you mock what people hold dear. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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