“Some people in the west have responded to the terrorist attacks by trying to look for everything that is positive in Islam. I think that was a strong response after 9/11, was to try to reach out as positively as possible.” PeopleThinkingTryingLooksStrongWestResponseIslamTerroristReach OutPositivelyTerrorist Attacks Author:Mark Durie
“There are some disturbing messages in the Koran, there were declarations of war against non-believers, there's a declaration that Islam should be triumphant over other religions, the problem is this is not just in the book, but preached throughout the Islamic world that are preached, we in the West hear about that.” WorldShouldBookWarProblemMessagesWestIslamBelieverIslamicDeclarationDisturbingTriumphantNon BelieverDeclaration Of War Author:Mark Durie
“Multiculturalism is only in the West. We are absorbing a large number of Muslims in the west and at the same time the Christians and the Jews and other minorities are fleeing the Middle East, churches are being burnt, nobody is talking about it. Where are the religious freedom of the minorities.” ChristianChurchReligiousNumbersTalkingMiddleWestJewEastMinoritiesMiddle EastMulticulturalismLarge NumbersReligious FreedomAbsorbingFleeing Author:Mark Durie
“Speaking as a Muslim in the West, I see a crisis in religious authority, we need Indigenous Muslim scholarship understanding the Western way of life and is able to use the understanding, using legitimate Islamic sources to bring more scholarship to our way of life in the west. There's a need for that.” WayNeedsUseAbleUnderstandingReligiousSourceAuthorityCrisisWestWesternIslamicIndigenousScholarship Author:Mark Durie
“One of the reasons why people in the west are nervous is they are reading the Koran, and the life of Mohammed and he is a prophet that declared he was victorious through terror and that is disturbing to people.” PeopleReasonReadingWestTerrorNervousReason WhyProphetDisturbing Author:Mark Durie
