“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.” AmericaLevelsCommonShareBrotherHighestIslamCreatorRecognitionEnlightenedHumankindBrothers And SistersWorldview Author:Feisal Abdul Rauf
“This religion (Islam) recognizes all men as brothers. It accepts all human beings as equals before God, and as equal members in the Human Family of Mankind.” MenHumansReligionHuman BeingsAcceptingMankindBrotherEqualMembersIslamHuman Family Book:February 1965: the final speeches Source: February 1965: the final speeches
“Wherefore should I not offer my congratulations? But the very fact of them being Sayyids, those fountains of felicity, demands heartly exertions in support of Islam and their ancestor Muhammad the Lord of Apostles. Let two Kaftans of honor for the two brothers be issued from my wardrobe and let them be sent with two swords, jewel-hilted and provided with pearl mounted belts, let Jamdat-ul-Mulk write much praise and congratulations when sending these presents.” ShouldWritingTwoFactsLordSupportBrotherHonorOffersDemandPraiseIslamAncestorShould IPearlsFountainCongratulationsJewelsBeltsApostlesMuhammadWardrobeExertionFelicityTwo Brothers Author:Aurangzeb
“Islam can only be modernized from within. If I state that I condemn the practice of stoning, that this punishment is despicable, it changes nothing. My fellow Muslims will say: Brother Tariq, you became a European, a Swiss citizen, so you are no longer one of us.” IfsStatesPracticeBrotherCitizensFellowsIslamPunishmentDespicableSwiss Author:Tariq Ramadan
“If anyone removes (one of the) anxieties of this world from a believer, God will remove (one of the) anxieties from him on the Day of Resurrection; if one smoothes the way for one who is destitute, God will smooth the way for him in this world and the next; and if anyone conceals the faults of a Muslim, God will conceal his faults in this world and the next. God helps a man as long as he helps his brother. If anyone pursues a path in search of knowledge God will thereby make easy for him a path to paradise.” IfsMenWorldWayLongHelpingNextEasyKnowledgePathThis WorldBrotherAnxietyFaultsIslamBelieverGods WillPursueParadiseRemoveResurrectionSmoothGod HelpDestitute Author:Elijah Muhammad
“My brother thinks it is very, very bad that I left Islam. My half-sister wants to convert me back; I want to convert her to Western values. My mum is terrified that when I die, and we all go to God, I will be burned.” ThinkingWantValuesDiesLeftHalfBrotherIslamWesternMy BrotherMumBurnedTerrifiedWestern ValuesHalf Sister Author:Ayaan Hirsi Ali
“One of my brothers in my adopted family converted to Islam and I love him with all my heart. I have Muslim women who understand my pain and they give me lots of love and support. But what Black Americans never think about is that the African version of Islam is totally different from American Islam. They've never seen mothers doused in gasoline and set on fire for ’religious' reasons. So they don't know what I'm talking about.” ThinkingKnowsGivingHeartDifferentReasonPainMotherBlackReligiousTalkingSupportFireBrotherMy HeartGive MeIslamVersionsMy BrotherAdoptedI Love HimGasolineMuslim Women Author:Kola Boof
“But when you only speak using generalizations, you run the danger of denying the specific. In recent decades, millions of people have come to us from cultural groups within which women have absolutely no rights. They do not have a voice of their own and they are totally dependent on their fathers, brothers or husbands. That applies to North Africa and that applies to large parts of the Middle East. It isn't always linked to Islam.” PeopleRunningFatherSpeakVoiceMillionsRightsGroupsMiddleDangerBrotherHusbandIslamEastDecadesDependentMiddle EastLinkedGeneralizationNorth Africa Author:Alice Schwarzer
“There were internal critics, sharp critics, who were very opposed to [Malcolm X], and who were very - some of them were members of Elijah Mohammad's family, such as Herbert Mohammad, Raymond Shareef, who was the head of the Fruit of Islam, the brother-in-law of - the son-in-law of Elijah Mohammad. They isolated Malcolm X and kept him out of the newspaper of the organization Mohammad Speaks for over a year, which is kind of curious.” YearsKindLawSpeakSonBrotherMembersOrganizationFruitCriticsIslamNewspapersCuriousInternalsIsolatedIn-lawsElijahBrother In LawSon-in-law Author:Manning Marable
“The MMI brothers, who provided security for Malcolm X had been trained by Malcolm himself that inside of the Nation of Islam, whenever there is a diversion, you protect the principal. The principal, in this case Malcolm, clearly was not protected on February 21st [1965].” NationsCasesSecurityBrotherProtectIslamProtectedPrincipalFebruaryDiversionNation Of Islam Author:Manning Marable
“It gives [a man] the incentive to develop his dormant potential so that when he becomes a part of the brotherhood of Islam, and is identified collectively in the brotherhood of Islam with the brothers in Islam, at the same time this also gives him the, it has the psychological effect of giving him the incentive as an individual to develop all of his dormant potential to its fullest extent.” MenGivingIndividualEffectsBrotherIslamPsychologicalBrotherhoodIncentivesDormant Author:Malcolm X
“My brother, this "religiosity" is not the standard by which true men of God are measured. In all the rituals that Islam has, deeply imbedded in those rituals are principles of truth. And sometimes we get lost in the religiosity; we get lost in the "symbol," but we miss the substance of the truth that is buried in the ritual!” MenSometimesLostPrinciplesMissingBrotherStandardsIslamSymbolsSubstanceMy BrotherRitualBuriedTrue ManMan Of God Author:Louis Farrakhan