“The ultimate vision is to instate in the Muslim world the notion of multiculturalism, which is part of our heritage and history, part of the fundamental, mainstream ideals of Islam.” WorldVisionIdealsUltimateFundamentalsIslamNotionHeritageMainstreamMulticulturalismMuslim World Author:Feisal Abdul Rauf
“There is a fundamental difference between the Jewish idea of creation and that of Islam. The creation according to Islam is not a unique act in a given time but a perpetual and constant event; and God supports and sustains all existence at every moment by His will and His thought. Outside His will, outside His thought, all is nothing, even the things which seem to us absolutely self-evident such as space and time. Allah alone wishes: the Universe exists; and all manifestations are as a witness of the Divine will.” IdeasSelfMomentsSeemsUniverseGivenWishDifferencesSpaceExistenceSupportEventsCreationDivineUniqueFundamentalsConstantIslamWitnessManifestationPerpetualEvidentTime And SpaceDivine Will Author:Aga Khan III
“The distinction between the religious and secular orders is a fundamental aspect of Christianity. This distinction is an innovation compared to Islam and Judaism, and it is an advantage that has helped shape Europe.” OrderReligiousChristianityShapesEuropeAdvantageAspectInnovationFundamentalsIslamDistinctionSecularJudaism Author:Walter Kasper
“Today we're seeing fundamental conflicts within political Islam, with the fundamentalists on the one side and the moderates on the other. Who gains the upper hand means a great deal to the world.” WorldMeanHandsTodayPoliticalSidesDealsSeeingConflictGainsFundamentalsIslamModeratesUpper Hand Author:Zalmay Khalilzad
“In this work (peace building), the role of religion is fundamental. It is not possible to build bridges between people while forgetting God, ... But the converse is also true: it is not possible to establish true links with God while ignoring other people. Hence it is important to intensify dialogue among the various religions, and I am thinking particularly of dialogue with Islam.” PeopleThinkingImportantForgetRolesBuildingFundamentalsIslamVariousDialogueBridgesLinksConversesPeace Building Author:Pope Francis
“Islam's basic principles of belief, worship, morality, and behavior are not affected by changing times. Islam does not propose a certain unchangeable form of government or attempt to shape it. Islam has never offered nor established a theocracy in its name. Instead, Islam establishes fundamental principles that orient a government's general character.” DoeCharacterGovernmentFormCertainNamesBeliefPrinciplesMoralityShapesBehaviorWorshipFundamentalsIslamAffectedProposeForms Of GovernmentBasic PrinciplesFundamental PrinciplesUnchangeableTheocracy Author:Fethullah Gulen
“Either Malcolm X or Martin [Luther King] could have played the role of a unifier, but it was - Malcolm as long as he remained within the Nation of Islam, talking to the converted, he did not represent a fundamental threat to the American government.” LongGovernmentNationsTalkingRolesKingsFundamentalsThreatIslamLutherAmerican GovernmentNation Of Islam Author:Manning Marable
“Whether it's people walking off 'The View' when Bill O'Reilly makes a statement about radical Islam or Juan Williams being fired for expressing his opinion, over-reaching political correctness is chipping away at the fundamental American freedoms of speech and expression.” PeoplePoliticalViewsOpinionExpressionWalkingSpeechFundamentalsBillsIslamStatementsRadicalReachingFreedom Of SpeechPolitical CorrectnessCorrectnessWalking AwayJuanRadical IslamAmerican FreedomBill O ReillyChipping AwayFreedom Of Speech And Expression Author:Eric Cantor
“It is...idle to pretend, as many do, that there is no contradiction between religion and science. Science contradicts religion as surely as Judaism contradicts Islam-they are absolutely and irresolvably conflicting views. Unless, that is, science is obliged to change its fundamental nature.” ScienceViewsFundamentalsIslamContradictionIdleJudaismScience And ReligionObliged Author:Bryan Appleyard
“His readiness to undergo persecutions for his beliefs, the high moral character of the men who believed in him and looked up to him as leader, and the greatness of his ultimate achievement - all argue his fundamental integrity. To suppose Muhammad an impostor raises more problems than it solves. Moreover, none of the great figures of history is so poorly appreciated in the West as Muhammad.” MenCharacterProblemBeliefLeaderMoralFiguresGreatnessHe ManIntegrityAchievementUltimateRaisesFundamentalsWestIslamSolveArguingPersecutionAppreciatedMuhammadReadinessMoral Character Author:William Montgomery Watt
“Islam is a religion based upon knowledge, and a denial of the possibility and objectivity of knowledge would involve the destruction of the fundamental basis upon which not only the religion, but all the sciences are rooted.” PossibilityDestructionBasesFundamentalsIslamDenialRootedObjectivity Author:Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas
“Islam's borders are bloody and so are its innards. The fundamental problem for the West is not Islamic fundamentalism. It is Islam, a different civilisation whose people are convinced of the superiority of their culture and are obsessed with the inferiority of their power.” PeopleDifferentProblemCultureFundamentalsWestIslamConvincedBordersObsessedIslamicBloodyFundamentalismSuperiorityCivilisationInferiorityClash Of CivilizationsIslamic Fundamentalism Author:Samuel P. Huntington