#muslim

Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have often perceived Islam as a violent and intolerant faith - even though when this prejudice took root Islam had a better record of tolerance than Christianity. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#better #christianity #christians #crusades #east

In the past some of the most influential Jewish, Christian and Muslim theologians, such as Maimonides, Aquinas and Ibn Sina, made it clear that it was very difficult to speak about God, because when we confront the ultimate, we are at the end of what words or thoughts can do. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#because #christian #clear #confront #difficult

We have been given a role to play. We have been asked to provide, to give lectures on the role of Islamic development and the way we do it here, so the people who are Muslims there would understand what the role of Islam is. ↗

— Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

#been #development #give #given #here

We have followed a path of moderation, development is our priority, national unity, good community relations, Muslims and non Muslims, this is what has given us the advantage. ↗

— Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

#community #development #followed #given #good

I'm a cultural Christian in the same way many of my friends call themselves cultural Jews or cultural Muslims. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#christian #cultural #friends #i #jews

But the weakness comes from these Westernised co-opted Muslim leaders who just want to look good in the eyes of the West and Western media. ↗

— Abu Bakar Bashir

#comes #eyes #good #just #leaders

Even if you didn't see the movie, you'd see two words you'd never seen put together before - comedy and Muslim. Comedy is friendly - it's the least offensive word in our language. ↗

— Albert Brooks

#comedy #even #friendly #language #least

Muslims have a very bad attitude to homosexuality, they're very intolerant. ↗

— Pim Fortuyn

#bad #bad attitude #homosexuality #intolerant #muslims

If they analyze the situation as thoroughly as they should, Muslims will realize they are the first targets. What are the fundamentalists really after? Simply taking over Islam and then turning its back on modernity. ↗

— Alexander Haig

#analyze #back #first #fundamentalists #islam

The Muslim world is threatened by religious fanaticism. The Western world is threatened by secular fanaticism. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#muslim #muslim world #religious #secular #threatened