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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. "

Hamza Yusuf

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" Hunger can bring out the worst in us. "

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Hunger

" For believers, both privilege and privation are a trial, and both demand responses: one demands service, and the other demands patience. The greatest privilege is to live well in flourishing lands; the greatest privation is to live in the midst of war, especially civil war. "

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

" America is about choices, including those to live certain lifestyles. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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" 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. "

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