“I've spoken with friends who are rabbis and priests and we've agreed that most people have an emotional attachment to their faith, a desire to fulfill their spiritual longings, but they are not experts in understanding the history of their religion.” PeopleSpiritualDesireUnderstandingEmotionalLongingExpertsPriestsAttachmentRabbi Author:Feisal Abdul Rauf
“It is part of my responsibility as a bridge builder to speak the truth about what's great about America, what we've done right, and what our less glorious moments. And many people feel that the Iraq adventure, for example, has been one of our less glorious moments.” PeopleFeelsHas BeensDoneMomentsAmericaSpeakResponsibilityExampleAdventureIraqBridgesGloriousSpeak The TruthBuilder Author:Feisal Abdul Rauf
“There are individuals who are working very hard to promote fear and antagonism towards Islam and Muslims in this country. It's fueled, in part, by the first African-American president that we have. Obama's father was a Muslim and people have used this to arouse hostility against him.” PeopleFirstsCountryHardUsedFatherIndividualPresidentIslamAfrican AmericanHostilityAntagonismAmerican PresidentWorking Very Hard Author:Feisal Abdul Rauf
“The truth is that killing innocent people is always wrong - and no argument or excuse, no matter how deeply believed, can ever make it right. No religion on earth condones the killing of innocent people; no faith tradition tolerates the random killing of our brothers and sisters on this earth.” PeopleMatterTruthEarthReligionSinBrotherTruth IsArgumentTraditionMurderKillingExcuseInnocentTolerateBrothers And SistersSufiNo ExcusesWrongdoingAlways Wrong Author:Feisal Abdul Rauf
“If Muslims curse the Christians, then the Christians will curse the Muslims. And people will curse Allah, and Allah will hold us responsible for that.” PeopleIfsChristianResponsibleCurse Author:Feisal Abdul Rauf
“There are always people who will - who will do peculiar things and think that they are doing things in the name of their religion.” PeopleThinkingNamesPeculiar Author:Feisal Abdul Rauf
“In Malaysia, where Western culture was extremely influential, I'd grown up listening to Elvis and the Beatles and watching American movies. People wanted to be like Americans. In contrast, when I got here, I saw prosperous middle-class American college students wanting to somehow join the Third World.” PeopleWorldWantedCultureClassSawsMiddleStudentsCollegeListeningThirdsWesternMiddle ClassContrastProsperousInfluentialThird WorldWestern CultureCollege StudentsAmerican MovieMalaysia Book:Moving the Mountain: A New Vision of Islam in America Source: Moving the Mountain: A New Vision of Islam in America
