“I read, read enormously on all different fields of Islamic thought, from philosophy to Islamic literature, poetry, exegeses, knowledge of the Hadith, the teachings of the prophet. That's how I trained myself. And then I was appointed imam by a Sufi master from Istanbul, Turkey.” DifferentPhilosophyLiteratureTeachingFieldsMastersProphetIslamicSufiTurkeysIstanbulHadithExegesis Author:Feisal Abdul Rauf
“The thing about the Islamic situation is we don't have a church. We don't have an ordained priesthood, which makes it a little complicated. But we do have a tradition of scholarship, and rules of scholarship. It's very much like any field of knowledge.” LittlesChurchSituationFieldsTraditionComplicatedIslamicScholarshipPriesthood Author:Feisal Abdul Rauf
“Islamic law is clearly against terrorism, against any kind of deliberate killing of civilians or similar 'collateral damage.'” KindLawKillingTerrorismDamageIslamicDeliberateCiviliansCollateralCollateral DamageIslamic Law Author:Feisal Abdul Rauf
“The Islamic method of waging war is not to kill innocent civilians, but it was Christians in World War II who bombed civilians in Dresden and Hiroshima, neither of which were military targets.” WorldWarChristianMilitaryMethodNuclearInnocentWar Of The WorldsIslamicBombsTargetWorld War IiCiviliansHiroshimaDresdenNuclear BombWaging War Author:Feisal Abdul Rauf
