Quotes About Muslims

If the Muslims keep their heads cool and accept progress as a means and not an end in itself, they may pass on to Western man the lost secret of life's sweetness.

Akkadian, the language spoken by Sargon I, the first Assyrian king in 2300 BC, is a close relative of the Arabic spoken by his successor in this same land, Saddam Hussein, in AD 2000; another close relative, the Middle East's old lingua franca, Aramaic, bridges the gap between the decline of Akkadian around 600 BC and the onset of Arabic with the Muslims around AD 600. They are all sister languages within the very close Semitic family.

A foreign ideology cannot be introduced into Chechnya - were it through an Arab or al-Qaeda. Our experience is rich and long enough for us to be Muslims and know what jihad is.

Jihad is obligatory for the Muslims.

If only we could get Muslims to boycott all airlines, we could dispense with airport security altogether.

I saw the discrimination that was happening towards Middle Easterners, Muslims and other brown people who had nothing to do with 9/11. It suddenly felt like a duty of mine to talk about some of the crazy things that were going on and make fun of how stupid it was.

I didn't want 'Ramy' to be a commercial, like 'Hey, Muslims are good!' We're underrepresented, so the instinct when we get an opportunity like this is to show people that we're good, that we have the same shared values. What's more important to me is showing that we have the same flaws.

There are some who believe that secularism and Islam are not compatible. But Muslims should show everyone that this is not the case. It's up to them to show that you can be French and Muslim and still respect secular rules.

Among Muslims, I think there are some who are very good and some hoodlums, like everywhere.

I just want people to see Muslims as human. That's it.

Of course there are peace-loving Muslims.

Rhetoric that vilifies American Muslims is counter to our efforts. It's a setback to our Homeland Security efforts.

There is a racist attack against Muslims and Arabs, Algerians, Moroccans, and Tunisians in France.

What I hope to do in the States is to break up this stereotyping of Muslims and Arabs. I mean, we are basically the only sub-culture that is not represented in Hollywood. And it's funny because everybody is talking about the Muslim world and the Arab world, and we are not represented.

And also a lot of Muslims are no more religious then the average Swede. For them it's natural that human rights come first.

I support any Muslims, whether here or abroad.

Out of 1.6 billion Muslims, perhaps only 300 million actually understand the language of the Koran.

I'm a Christian. But Muslims are misunderstood. Intentionally misunderstood. We should all be more like them.

In the 19th century, when Muslims were looking at Europe as an example, they were independent; they were more self-confident. In the early 20th century, with the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the whole Middle East was colonized. And when you have colonization, what do you have? You have anti-colonization.

Whatever the reason, American Muslims appear far less inclined to support the global jihad than their European counterparts.

The Muslims in the Cape are associated with having a very good sense of humor.

I don't know that Islam has ever been a subject of anything that I've written. I think Muslims have often been, but those are two very different things.

There are many Muslims of good will and despise this extremism as much as anyone of any other faith.

In a sense, by closing off the idea that young Muslims, and particularly young Muslim men, can be American heroes, it increases the chance that they'll try to be some other kind of hero. And that, I think, is entirely counterproductive.