“Turkey is not a part of Europe and will never be part of Europe ... The universal values which are in force in Europe, and which are fundamental values of Christianity, will lose vigor with the entry of a large Islamic country such as Turkey.” CountryValuesForceLosesChristianityEuropeUniversalFundamentalsIslamicTurkeysEntryVigor Author:Herman Van Rompuy
“Specifically, the part where in the early 19th century America reconstituted the U.S. Marine Corps to battle the Islamic Barbary Pirates, though I don't think that's what Obama meant.” ThinkingAmericaChristianityCenturyBattleIslamIslamicMarinePirate19th CenturyMarine Corps Author:Barack Obama
“Christian scholars often say that Sufi theories are close to those of Christianity. Many Moslems maintain that they are essentially derived from Islam. The resemblance of many Sufi ideas to those of several religious and esoteric systems are sometimes taken as evidence of derivation. The Islamic interpretation is that religion is of one origin, differences being due to local or historical causes.” IdeasSometimesChristianCausesDifferencesReligiousChristianityTakenTheoryEvidenceHistoricalIslamDuesLocalsIslamicInterpretationScholarSufiResemblanceEsoteric Book:The Elephant in the Dark Source: The Elephant in the Dark
“The sense of Islam as a threatening Other - with Muslims depicted as fanatical, violent, lustful, irrational - develops during the colonial period in what I called Orientalism. The study of the Other has a lot to do with the control and dominance of Europe and the West generally in the Islamic world. And it has persisted because it's based very, very deeply in religious roots, where Islam is seen as a kind of competitor of Christianity.” WorldKindReligiousChristianityStudyPeriodsEuropeRootsWestIslamViolentIslamicIrrationalThreateningCompetitorsDominanceVery DeepLustfulOrientalism Author:Edward Said
“I'm proud to say you are not a racist or a bigot or anything like that if you say that the Netherlands, as Australia, is a culture based on Christianity, on Judaism, on humanism, and it should not, nor ever will become a society based on Islamic failures.” IfsShouldCultureChristianityProudHumanismIslamicAustraliaRacistJudaismBigotsNetherlands Author:Geert Wilders
“I was examining what religious identity meant in Africa. Along the edge of the Islamic world, what patterns were shaping identity? And the truth is, when I looked at the rise of violent forms of religion, no single identity was prevalent. It's central to note that in Nigeria, that tree is rooted primarily in Christianity. It's not just Islamic militants in the Middle Belt.” WorldReligiousChristianityTreeIdentityTruth IsViolentIslamicNigeria Author:Eliza Griswold
“We can't equate democracy with Christianity because the largest democracy on earth is India, which is primarily Hindu. The third largest democracy is Indonesia, which is Islamic. Democracy and freedom are not dependent on Christian beliefs.” EarthChristianBeliefChristianityDemocracyThirdsIndiaIslamicDependentIndonesia Author:Jimmy Carter
“"Both Christianity and Islam are logocentric," he told his students, "meaning they are focused on the Word. In Christian tradition, the Word became flesh in the book of John: 'And the Word was made flesh, and He dwelt among us. 'Therefore, it was acceptable to depict the Word as having a human form. In Islamic tradition, however, the Word did not become flesh, and therefore the Word needs to remain in the form of a word … in most cases, calligraphic renderings of the names of the holy figures of Islam."” NeedsHumansMadeBookChristianFormNamesChristianityCasesFiguresStudentsHolyTraditionIslamFocusedFleshIslamicAcceptableRenderingHuman FormChristianity And Islam Author:Dan Brown
“We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over the centuries to shape the world - including in my own country.” WorldCountryDoneMy OwnChristianityCenturyShapesIslamIncludingAppreciationIslamicHusseinChristian FaithMind BlowingIslamistsChristianity And IslamTrojan HorseIslamic Faith Author:Barack Obama