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We who don't want radical Islam to spread must compete with the agents of radical Islam. I want to see what would happen if Christians, feminists and Enlightenment thinkers were to start proselytizing in the Muslim community.

we will encourage more Americans to study in Muslim communities

Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation

What's right with America and what's right with Islam have a lot in common. At their highest levels, both worldviews reflect an enlightened recognition that all of humankind shares a common Creator - that we are, indeed, brothers and sisters.

What Malcolm X did not know is that back in 1962, a collaborator of Alex Haley, fellow named - a journalist named Alfred Balk had approached the F.B.I. regarding an article that he and Haley were writing together for The Saturday Evening Post, and the F.B.I. had an interest in castigating the Nation of Islam, and isolating it from the mainstream of Negro civil rights activity.

What is most necessary for people and what is given us in great abundance, are experiences, especially experiences of the forces within us. This is our most essential food, our most essential wealth. If we consciously receive all this abundance, the universe will pour into us what is called life in Judaism, spirit in Christianity, light in Islam, power in Taoism.

Where it is the majority religion, Islam does not recognize religious freedom, at least not as we understand it. Islam is a different culture. This doesn't mean that it's an inferior culture, but it is a culture that has yet to connect with the positive sides of our modern Western culture: religious freedom, human rights and equal rights for women.

Whether you're the wedding cake baker or the gay couple or the Baptist preacher, radical Islam would kill you all if they could.

While I love Mohammed and Jesus Christ'I reject all men's religions, not just Islam, but Christianity, Judaism and whatever else the men use for a whip.

When I was writing The Satanic Verses, if you had asked me about the phenomenon that we all now know as radical Islam, I wouldn't have had much to say. As recently as the mid-1980s, it didn't seem to be a big deal.

You can still see the shadow from when the Zeppelin floated over America; it took like Islam in the desert . . .

You get involved in politics because politics are a weapon to use in the cause of Islam.

9/11 forced us to build another identity, to look deep and say who are we and what do we believe and is killing in the name of Islam part of that religion? No. No. No.

815 yılında, yani Avrupa’nın daha okuma yazma nadir bilmediği bir devirde, Halife Memun’un Bağdat’ta içinde bir milyon kitap bulunan Beytü’l-Hikme/Bilgelik Evi’ni kurar.

Whenever women protest and ask for their rights, they are silenced with the argument that the laws are justified under Islam. It is an unfounded argument. It is not Islam at fault, but rather the patriarchal culture that uses its own interpretations to justify whatever it wants.

Without criticism of Islam, Islam will remain unassailed in its dogmatic, fanatical, medieval fortress; ossified, totalitarian and intolerant. It will continue to stifle thought, human rights, individuality, originality and truth.

You accepted Allah or you had your throat cut by someone who did accept him, and who went to Paradise for having sent you to Hell.

You and I are not Muslim, because we are born in a Muslim family. You and I are not Muslim, because you read a book about Islam, or saw a Youtube video and decided to become Muslim. We are Muslim, because Allah chose us. Allah chose us.

You can be prosecuted if you tell the truth about Islam.

A believer shall not be stung twice out of the same hole.

About 700 years ago, Islamic civilization almost completely lost the will and ability to do science. Since that time, apart from attempts during the Ottoman period and in Mohammed Ali's Egypt, there have been no significant efforts at recovery. Many Muslims acknowledge, and express profound regret at, this fact. Indeed, this is the major preoccupation of the modernist faction in Islam. But most traditionalists feel no regret - in fact, many welcome this loss because, in their view, keeping a distance from science helps preserve Islam from corrupting, secular influences.

A Brother once told Al Habīb 'Alī al-Jifrī privately: "I feel disconnected." Al Habīb: "That is a sign of connection because a disconnected person never feels." Brother: "What shall I do?" Al Habīb: "Do you keep up your litanies (awrad)?" Brother: "Yes" Al Habīb: "A sign of drinking externally only is to feel satiated & a sign of drinking internally is continuing to feel thirsty..so you will continue to feel thirsty, thus, drink more!

Abu'd-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), say, 'Allah will make the path to the Garden easy for anyone who travels a path in search of knowledge. Angels spread their wings for the seeker of knowledge out of pleasure for what he is doing. Everyone in the heavens and everyone in the earth ask forgiveness for a man of knowledge, even the fish in the water. The superiority of the man of knowledge to the man of worship is like the superiority of the moon to all the planets. The men of knowledge are the heirs of the Prophets. The Prophets bequeath neither dinar nor dirham; they bequeath knowledge. Whoever takes it has taken an ample portion.'" [Related by Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi; Riyad al-Salihin: 1388]

According to Islam, whenever we are struck by illness or misfortune or someone hurts us, there is a higher purpose behind it, which we may not understand at the time,’ one of them said to me. ‘That’s where trust comes in. Through suffering, God helps us to better ourselves and make good our mistakes. It is a form of purification and also God’s way of testing the strength of our faith and the goodness of our character.’ Another lady suggested I look on the bright side. ‘Suffering draws us closer to God and that is our aim in life,’ she said. Then she quoted Rumi who had said, ‘It is pain that draws man to his Lord, because when he is well, he doesn’t remember the Lord.’ I tried to look at the positive and believe that there was a higher, spiritual perspective on what I had just been through, and all the advice I was given helped me a lot. But it took quite a while for my heart to catch up with my mind.

A Christian must worship the Self as Christ, not Christ as Christ. A Muslim must worship the Self as Mohammed, not Mohammed as Mohammed. A Hindu must worship the Self as Krishna, not Krishna as Krishna.

A Christian sits in his or her well and thinks that the whole world is his or her well. The Jew sits in his or her little well and thinks that it is the whole world. A Muslim sits cooped up in his or her tiny well and believes it to be the whole universe. The same goes for a Hindu and all others. Also, atheists are no different from all those orthodox believers.

A colossal number of Muslims have a craving in re amelioration of Muslim Ummah. A mammoth congregation vouchsafe fortune and opulence for its adornment. There are gazillions of the votaries of Islam who devote themselves and endow blood for its melioration. But hardly a few endeavor to escort and usher it in the de règle direction.

Adab harus lebih mendahului ilmu. Akhlak harus lebih di atas levelnya daripada kecerdasan.

Ada tiga hal yang mencegahku untuk menjadi seorang Muslim." jawab Simoen si Penyembah Api. "Yang pertama adalah kenyataan bahwa sekalipun kalian membenci keduaniawian, tetapi siang dan malam kalian mengejar harta kekayaan. Yang kedua, kalian mengatakan bahwa mati adalah suatu kenyataan yang harus dihadapi, namun kalian tidak bersiap-siap untuk menghadapinya. Yang ketiga, kalian mengaatakan bahwa wajah Allah akan terlihat namun hingga saat ini kalian melakukan segala sesuatu yang tidak diridhai-Nya.

A dying poet to his daughter Little daughter mine, do not sorrow, All creatures must one day depart. My little one, show seemly patience When your loss is vast. Mourn me, but quietly, Behind your veil and screen. When at last you adress me, And I am too weak to speak, Say: 'Abu Firas, the ornament of youth, Was not fated to enjoy his youth.

After reading the Qur'an, I realized that I couldn't possibly endorse Islam as a religion, as a philosophy, as a moral standard, as an ethical code, or even as useful fiction. I determined that these philosophies and this image of Allah could only come from an extremely warped and disturbed person who suffered from an aggregation of the most severe and profound human weaknesses.

Agak aneh bahawa perkembangan madrasah di Haramyn sampai saat ini masih diabaikan para ahli. Jika banyak studi dilakukan atas pertumbuhan madrasah di tempat-tempat lain di Timur Tengah, kelihatan agak ganjil sedikit sekali perhatian diberikan kepada sejarah unik madrasah dan lembaga-lembaga keilmuan lainnya di Haramayn. Akibatnya, studi-studi itu tidak hanya gagal memahami tradisi keilmuan di Tanah Suci, tetapi juga sifat diskursus ilmiah di sana.

A good deed that follows upon another is the reward for the first one, and an evil deed that follows upon another is a punishment for the first one.

Hallaj points out Divine Compassion as another attribute which makes it possible for the personal "I," ana, to enter into a silent and contemplative dialog with God (Tasin 10:24). The unknowability of God is received as Divine Compassion by man. The human cry of isolation is answered by compassion. But the ascending path leading to Divine Compassion begins with man's unconditional yes to the Divine Will.

A'isha asked him: 'Does one come to Paradise only by the mercy of Allah?' He repeated three times over: 'No one comes to Paradise except by the mercy of Allah!' 'Not even you. Messenger of Allah?' she asked. 'Not even I, unless Allah enfolds me in His mercy.

Al-Amin memang senang berdiam diri. Sejak remaja, Al-Amin memang tidak menyukai hiburan, pembicaraan sia-sia, lelucon kasar, dan hal-hal yang memicu perkelahian.

Ako nas Allah zavoli, a tome težimo, iskušat će nas onim što najviše volimo da svijet vidi od kakvog smo materijala.

Aku bukan nasionalis, bukan katolik, bukan sosialis. Aku bukan buddha, bukan protestan, bukan westernis. Aku bukan komunis. Aku bukan humanis. Aku adalah semuanya. Mudah-mudahan inilah yang disebut muslim. Aku ingin orang menilai dan memandangku sebagai suatu kemutlakan (absolute entity) tanpa menghubung-hubungkan dari kelompok mana saya termasuk serta dari aliran apa saya berangkat. Memahami manusia sebagai manusia.

Alasan yang lebih mendasar yang melatarbelakangi al-Attas memilih istilah ta'dib adalah, adab berkaitan erat dengan ilmu, sebab ilmu tidak dapat diajarkan atau ditularkan kepada anak didik, kecuali jika orang tersebut memiliki adab yang tepat terhadap ilmu pengetahuan dalam berbagai bidang. Kemudian, konsep pendidikan Islam yang hanya terbatas pada makna tarbiah dan taklimat itu telah dimasuki pandangan hidup barat yang berlandaskan nilai-nilai dualisme, sekularisme, humanisme, dan sofisme, sehingga nilai-nilai adab menjadi kabur dan semakin jauh dari nilai-nilai hikmah Ilahiah. Kekaburan makna adab tersebut mengakibatkan kezaliman, kebodohan, dan kegilaan. Kezaliman yang dimaksud di sini adalah meletakkan sesuatu tidak pada tempatnya, sementara kebodohan adalah melakukan cara yang salah untuk mencapai hasil tujuan tertentu, dan kegilaan adalah perjuangan yang berdasarkan tujuan dan maksud yang salah.

A believer covers up and give Naseehah, whereas an evil-doer exposes and humiliates.

Algerian President Houari Boumedienne who in 1974 told the General Assembly of the United Nations, ‘One day millions of men will leave the southern hemisphere of this planet to burst into the northern one. But not as friends. Because they will burst in to conquer, and they will conquer by populating it with their children. Victory will come to us from the wombs of our women.

Ali (Husein Efendi) gest. i. J. 1050 (1640) Deiner Einheit Lob verkünden der Lilien Zungen, Deine Wunder zu schau'n, öffnet sich Aug' des Narciß. Flamme der Majestät bricht jetzt hervor aus dem Steine, Schönheitslicht gießt jetzt über die Bäume sich aus, Herr! erleuchte mit deinem Lichte das Auge der Seele, Daß sie im Spiegel des Worts: Kenne den Herren* sich schau'. *"Men aarefe", der Anfang des Wortes, "men aarefe nefsihi", wer seinen Herrn erkennt, erkennt seine Seele.

Ali was the natural choice as he was the most respected Companion still alive and was related to Prophet in two ways

Allah exalts whom he wills!

Allah with us wherever and whenever and whatever we are

Alles, was einer Person zustoßen kann, bedarf einer entsprechenden Reaktion. Wenn die Reaktion richtig ist, kann es sie oder ihn näher zu Gott bringen: "Euch wurde der bewaffnete Kampf geboten, während er euch zuwider ist. Doch vielleicht hegt ihr Abneigung gegen etwas, während es gut für euch ist, und vielleicht liebt ihr etwas, während es schlecht für euch ist. Und Allah weiß und ihr wisst nicht" [Koran: 2.216]. Ibn Abbas sagte, wenn jemand mit Bedrängnissen getestet wird, dass 3 Segnungen (oder Gnaden) darin vorzufinden sind: 1) die Bedrängnis hätte schlimmer sein können; 2) es geschah in weltlichen Angelegenheiten und nicht in spirituellen; und 3) es geschah in der vergänglichen Welt und nicht im ewigen Jenseits. Diese 3 Aspekte sind Gründe dafür, um Gott zu danken- auch, wenn es sich dabei um Bedrängnisse handelt. Es ist wichtig, dass man sich dabei das Leben des Propheten ﷺ anschaut und realisiert, dass niemand größere Bedrängnisse durchlebte, als er ﷺ. Der Prophet ﷺ erduldete, wie all seine Kinder begraben wurden; außer Fatima. Wie viele Menschen haben das in ihrem Leben erlebt? Von 6 Kindern sah er 5 von ihnen dahinscheiden. Sein Vater starb vor seiner Geburt. Seine Mutter verstarb, als er noch ein Junge war. Dann verstarb sein Erzieher: sein Großvater. Als er die Offenbarung empfing, erlebte er, wie seine Leute sich brutal und vehement gegen ihn wandten. Die Leute, die ihn anfänglich ehrten, verleumdeten ihn, betitelten ihn als Verrückten, Lügner und Zauberer. Sie verfolgten ihn und bewarfen ihn mit Steinen, bis er zu bluten begann. Sie boykottierten ihn und entwarfen beißende Schimpfwörter, mit denen sie ihn beleidigten. Er verlor seine engsten Freunde und Verwandte, unter ihnen Hamza, der auf dem Kriegsfeld getötet wurde. Seine allerliebste Frau Khadija verstarb nach 25 Jahren glückseliger Ehe, inmitten des schwierigsten Moments in seinem Leben. Abu Talib, sein Beschützer und Onkel, verstarb ebenso. Der Prophet ﷺ war das Ziel von 13 Mordanschlägen. Wie viele Menschen haben das alles jemals erlebt? Und trotzdem, in keiner einzigen Überlieferung ist zu lesen, dass er sich jemals darüber beschwert hat- er wandte sich lediglich flehentlich und bittend seinem Herren zu. ﷺ Mit Allahs göttlichen Urteilen unzufrieden zu sein, lässt einen in Kopflosigkeit (ghafla) stürzen. Imam al-Qarafi unterscheidet in seinem Buch "al-Furuq" (Die Unterschiede) zwischen göttlicher Anordnung und dem Zufrieden sein mit dem Urteil an sich. Sollten Menschen mit allem, was ihnen über dem Weg läuft, glücklich sein- auch mit den schlechten Dingen? Gott verfügt darüber, dass es übles in der Welt gibt, um die Menschheit zu testen (und aus Gründen, die Seiner Weisheit entsprechen). Wir sollten nicht unzufrieden mit Seiner Wahl sein. Doch wenn man sieht, wie die Gesellschaft in Unsittlichkeit verfällt, dann ist es etwas, womit man nicht zufrieden sein sollte oder gleichgültig reagieren sollte. Im Gegenteil, Gott fordert uns auf, es nicht zu mögen. Aber man sollte sich niemals darüber ärgern oder damit unzufrieden sein, dass Gott eine Welt mit solchen Dingen erschaffen hat- egal, wie ungut diese Dinge auch sein mögen. Wie Ibn Abbas daran erinnerte: jede Bedrängnis hätte schlimmer sein können; die Bedrängnis betraf weltliche Angelegenheiten und nicht die Religion; und sie kam in dieser Welt und nicht im Jenseits, welches ewig währt.

aku hanya seorang hamba yang percaya naik-turunnya iman; saat ia naik serasa apapun kan kulakukan, dan disaat ia turun kuharap engkau datang tuk ingatkan.

All over India, all over the world, as the sun or the shadow of darkness moves from east to west, the call to prayer moves with it, and people kneel down in a wave to pray to God. Five waves each day - one for each namaaz - ripple across the globe from longitude to longtigude. The component elements change direction, like iron filings near a magnet - towards the house of God in Mecca.

Allowing Islamic Sharia law into the constitutions of the U.S-created Islamic (!) Republic of Afghanistan and Republic of Iraq in 2004 and 2005 was as foolhardy as it would have been to write emperor-worship and Shinto militarism into Japan's 1946 constitution.

All these complexities are lost on many commentators, often the same ones who would single out the Arabs for being Arabs; now there is a keen interest in explaining any social evolution or political process through the exclusive prism of Islam. According to such commentators, Muslims act in a certain way mainly because they are Muslims, not because they are Moroccans or Jordanians, blue-collared or self-employed, educated or illiterate, urbanites or peasant, straight or gay, young or old, Arabic speakers or native Berbers, and of course their class background and financial resources are meaningless compared with their religious affiliation. Those analysts share one thing in common with the Jihadis, they believe Islam provides all the answers. The Arab Revolution: Ten Lessons From the Democratic Uprisisng