Quotes About Islam

No, Islam did not lift American blacks out of poverty; capitalism did that.

Make no mistake about it - Islam is just not another way to approach God.

No, Islam did not free African-Americans from slavery, not in Africa and not in Europe or America. Evangelical Christianity did that.

Islam and the West have clashed in the past and have not clashed. There is nothing inevitable about it.

I, too, am interested in identity and Islam, which is what people expect of us. But one must not write what is expected. It's important for North African writers to show they have other things to say.

We have a problem with political Islam in Austria.

The Dutch are still allowed to speak critically about Islam, and resistance against Islamization is not a crime.

It's not the United States's job to 'protect' Islam.

Acts of violence against one's own countrymen that are legitimated by religion are not new. Nor have such acts been unique to Islam.

Unfortunately, a certain type of Islam ghettoizes itself and is incompatible with our society. And it amazes me that some within the Catholic hierarchy act as if they do not understand.

We want Austrian-style Islam, not one controlled by other states.

The core of my life is Islam, my religion. Without that, I have no strength, no belief in God or in myself.

I've not experienced racism from other players. Not once. You experience ignorance but that's not the same at all, and I'm always happy to discuss things. If that helps people learn about Islam, to learn there's nothing to fear, then great, that's all part of my role.

Islam and freedom are not compatible.

People sometimes have a bad image of Islam but that is an image of what people are doing with Islam.

If you read Islamic creationist literature, it's pretty much lifted from American evangelical literature.

I am not ashamed to say that our culture is far better than the Islamic culture, which is a culture of barbarism.

I had this desire to understand Islam better and then focus on the beauty of Arabic and Islamic cultures. And one of the first things to emerge was Arabic calligraphy, which was instantly inspiring.

Nobody can deny there is a rise of Islamic fundamentalism.

I'm discovering so much about how invisible, othered and dismissed the Islamic world is, in terms of the massive effects it had on European music and culture.

Those Islamists and their apologists who argue for 'religious toleration' are arrogantly dishonest.

It is as difficult to define or classify Islamic cinema as it would be a Christian, Jewish or Buddhist one.

Islam has shown two faces to the Jews, one benevolent, one less so.

Jihad expands Islam's domain by any means available.