#muslims

I don't think the area of Jerusalem should be part of a Jewish state; it belongs to all people, to Christians and Muslims and the Jewish people. ↗

— Patti Smith

#belongs #christians #i #jerusalem #jewish

Two of the most famous Baghdadi scholars, the philosopher Al-Kindi and the mathematician Al-Khawarizmi, were certainly the most influential in transmitting Hindu numerals to the Muslim world. Both wrote books on the subject during al-Ma'mun's reign, and it was their work that was translated into Latin and transmitted to the West, thus introducing Europeans to the decimal system, which was known in the Middle Ages only as Arabic numerals. But it would be many centuries before it was widely accepted in Europe. One reason for this was sociological: decimal numbers were considered for a long time as symbols of the evil Muslim foe. ↗

— Jim Al-Khalili

#muslims #numbers #age

Obama: "I will stand with the Muslims..." Free Republic ^ | September 13, 2012 | me Posted on Thu Sep 13 2012 05:10:23 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time) by Bon mots In his ghost-written (by William Ayers) 'autobiography', "Dreams of My Father", Barack Hussein Obama said, "I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction... ↗

— Barack Obama

#political-winds-shift #dreams

The aircraft that blew up the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington conveyed several messages to the world, of which one of the least remarked is this: the Muslims of the world are suffering. ↗

— James Buchan

#blew #center #conveyed #least #messages

You are right, but the weakness does not come from the millions of Muslims in the world. They do not mind being radical, they have no fear to speak out and to protest and to jihad. ↗

— Abu Bakar Bashir

#come #does #fear #jihad #millions

Look at the Afghans, during the time of the Soviet invasion. They were among the poorest Muslims in the world, yet they were sustained by their faith in God, and God alone. ↗

— Abu Bakar Bashir

#alone #among #during #faith #god

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

— Bjorn Ulvaeus

#average #come #first #human #human rights

The violent radicals do not legitimately represent the overwhelming majority of the world's Muslims. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

#majority #muslims #overwhelming #overwhelming majority #radicals

Let me say this: I believe closing Guantanamo is in our Nation's national security interest. Guantanamo is used not only by al-Qaida, but also by other nations, governments, and individuals - people good and bad - as a symbol of America's abuse of Muslims, and it is fanning the flames of anti-Americanism around the world. ↗

— Dianne Feinstein

#also #america #around #bad #believe

God's love doesn't leave out Jews or Muslims or anyone. ↗

— Dyan Cannon

#god #jews #leave #love #muslims