#extremists

One thing that I feel very, very strongly is that we talk about Islamic countries, Islamic people, Islamic leaders, as either moderates or extremists. It's almost like there are only two categories of Muslims. And actually, that doesn't show respect. It shows lack of understanding of the diversity of Muslim thought. ↗

— David Miliband

#actually #almost #categories #countries #diversity

Those who say that the West and Islam are eternally irreconcilable have more in common with the Islam extremists than they might like to think, for it's the very same argument of course advanced by Al-Qaida. And they do have it wrong. We need to work with mainstream Islam. ↗

— Pauline Neville-Jones

#argument #common #course #eternally #extremists

Athletes are extremists. When they're training, it's laser focus. ↗

— Hope Solo

#extremists #focus #laser #training

What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#fanatics #respect #respect

I am looking for suggestions on what we can do about extremists within our own society. They cannot be ignored. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#am #cannot #extremists #i #i am

In the Muslim world, there are many people who have been vocal and we have been very vocal against extremists. But how to win this battle is an ongoing battle. And we must continue to wage the battle for peace. ↗

— Feisal Abdul Rauf

#battle #been #continue #extremists #how

What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists, is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents. ↗

— Robert Kennedy

#cause #dangerous #evil #extreme #extremists

These so-called extremists in Pakistan should be brought into the mainstream; if you marginalize them, you radicalize them. ↗

— Imran Khan

#extremists #into #mainstream #marginalize #pakistan

One demonstration of extremists, any more than a Ku Klux Klan demonstration in the United States, is not necessarily reflective of what the rest of the country feels. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#country #demonstration #extremists #feels #klan

Whenever you have a crisis, you're always going to have the extremists taking advantage of the situation. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#always #crisis #extremists #going #situation