Quotes About Diversity

We would be able to deal with Islam if we were allowed to deal with it in the way we think we should.

The clash of civilizations or the clash between Islam and the West may be cliches. But there is an even bigger cliche around: that this clash actually goes on within Islam, between reformists and fanatics.

Islam is antiauthoritarian, sex-positive monotheism.

Islam's not just about covering your hair. It's about how you treat other people.

All my friends were non-Muslims. I actually knew very little about Islam - like, very little.

Former president Wulff said Islam belongs to Germany. That is true. I also hold this opinion.

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

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.

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.

Islam and freedom are not compatible.

I have something against Islam.

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

I'm fairly certain that the seeds of Mel Gibson's extraordinary work 'The Passion of the Christ' were sown long before Islamic fundamentalists delivered their abominable message to America and the entire Judeo-Christian civilization.

I've been no-platformed from every university with a strong Islamic faith community.

The coral reef at Bonaire, one of the alphabet islands in the Caribbean, is so alive and healthy.

You cannot isolate a group and say you're not going to serve their needs.

Growing up as an Asian American in this society, there were a lot of times where you feel isolated or out of place as an Asian. And growing up in White America, that's absolutely my experience. And I think that's why I got into acting because I wanted to be anybody else but Asian.

The color and the diversity dies out, and it gets whiter and whiter, and that's in any field. There is also this idea that there can only be one gay person or there can only be one Asian-American woman in the office, and so it also perpetuates itself where we are isolated, especially the more successful we get.

I'm from an upper-middle class background. But because there was no one of my race where I grew up, I was very isolated. I felt different from everybody else.

Africa should not again face isolation or stigmatisation based on ignorance and unrepresentative imagery.

There's nothing wrong with being a cop. There's nothing wrong with being a white person. It's about where your heart is... We've got to get everyone beyond the xenophobic isolationism.

In Israel, if a person doesn't agree with you, she just says no. In Alabama, someone would say, 'I'll think about it.' We would take that literally. So, if you ask for a favor and someone says they'll think about it, they're really not thinking about it.

I have absolute respect for Israel and people in Israel who are critical of their own country.

Tel Aviv is the most exciting place to eat in Israel.