“We have different levels of slavery. We've got educational slavery. All the major religions of the world, even Christianity and Islam, are engaged in some form of servitude of people. I don't look favorably on either one although I think properly practiced all religions are basically good.” PeopleThinkingWorldLooksDifferentFormLevelsChristianityMajorsSlaveryIslamEducationalEngagedServitudeDifferent LevelsChristianity And Islam Author:John Henrik Clarke
“What has been imposed on religion is not religion itself but the custom of those who have been converted to it. I think that the most atrocious of all of this is Islam. They were in the slave trade before Islam. The Arabs were natural slave traders. They were the people who were called on to conquer us, unfortunately.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensNaturalTradeSlaveIslamConquerCustomsTradersSlave Trade Author:John Henrik Clarke
“All I can tell you is that Israel's position in the Arab world has changed because they no longer see Israel as their enemy, but as their ally, in their indispensable battle against the forces of militant Islam, either those led by Iran, the Shiites, or - and those led by Daesh - by ISIS, the militant Sunnis.” WorldI CanForceEnemyPositionChangedBattleIslamIsraelIranAlliesIndispensableIsisMilitantArab World Author:Benjamin Netanyahu
“The black people in this country are taught that their religion and the best religion is the religion of Islam, and when one accepts the religion of Islam, he's known as a Muslim.” PeopleCountryBlackKnownAcceptingTaughtIslamBlack PeopleReligion Of Islam Author:Malcolm X
“The religion of Islam actually restores one's human feelings, human rights, human incentives, human, his talent.” HumansFeelingsRightsTalentIslamHuman RightsIncentivesReligion Of Islam Author:Malcolm X
“The religion of Islam brings out of the individual all of his dormant potential.” IndividualIslamDormantReligion Of Islam Author:Malcolm X
“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
“I was an atheist, I was open-minded, and I began to read in that direction, in the direction of Islam, and everything that I read about it appealed to me.” IslamAtheistOpen Minded Author:Malcolm X
“One of the main things that I read about it that appealed to me was in Islam a man is honored as a human being and not measured by the color of his skin.” MenHumansHuman BeingsIslam Author:Malcolm X
“At this point I hadn't yet gotten deep into the historic condition that negroes in this country are confronted with, but at that point in my prison studies I, I read, I studied Islam as a religion more so than as I later come to know it in its connection with the plight or problem of Negroes in this country.” KnowsCountryProblemStudyConditionsConnectionsPrisonIslamHistoricPlight Author:Malcolm X
“The religious philosophy that they had adopted, in my opinion, was the only thing and is the only thing that can remove the white from the mind of the white man and the negro from the mind of the negro. I have seen what Islam has done with our people, our people who had this feeling of negro - and it had a psychological effect of putting them in a mental prison.” PeopleMenMindDonePhilosophyFeelingsReligiousWhiteOpinionEffectsPrisonIslamPsychologicalRemoveWhite ManAdoptedReligious Philosophy Author:Malcolm X
“White people whom I have met, who have accepted Islam, they don't regard themselves as white but as human beings.” PeopleHumansHuman BeingsWhiteMetsRegardIslamAccepted Author:Malcolm X
“Donald Trump needs to stay focused and remember the promises to you, the American people. You know the promises, repeal and replace Obamacare, identify radical Islam, lower taxes, repatriate corporate profits, build the border wall, appoint originalists to the Supreme Court, fix inner cities, energy independence, drain the swamp, send education back to the states, you know, say radical Islam, vet refugees, all of these important issues, free trade.” PeopleKnowsNeedsImportantStatesRememberEnergyCitiesIssuesWallTrumpPromiseTaxesIndependenceTradeCourtIslamProfitFocusedSupremeRadicalCorporateBordersSupreme CourtRefugeeObamacareDrainsStay FocusedFree TradeSwampsImportant IssuesInner CityVetsRadical IslamEnergy Independence Author:Sean Hannity
“Hillary Clinton has shown no indication whatsoever of stemming the tide of Islamic immigration, or stopping our mollycoddling, and pandering to Islam. These things are direct threats. Not just to culture, but to the lives of gay people in America.” PeopleAmericaCultureGayDirectThreatClintonIslamImmigrationIslamicTidesStoppingIndicationGay People Author:Milo Yiannopoulos
“America's got to look after America again. That means taking a realistic appraisal of who is actually at risk in this country, not whining feminists, or whinging Black Lives Matter activists, but gay people and women at risk from Islam. Also, so people in this country who have been treated badly, lied to and lied about. An honest appraisal of who actually needs government attention in this country. And when all of that is done, then we can think about interfering elsewhere again.” PeopleThinkingNeedsLooksMeanHas BeensCountryMatterDoneGovernmentAmericaBlackAttentionRiskHonestGayIslamFeministTreatedActivistRealisticElsewhereInterfereLiedBlack Lives MatterGay PeopleWhiningAppraisalBlack Lives Author:Milo Yiannopoulos
“It's not Islam, it's extremism in general, that is such a crock and that does a disservice to the people of America to make us sound like we're a bunch of idiots that we can't see what's going on in front of us and we're too weak to tell the truth.” PeopleDoeAmericaSoundFrontsWeakIslamBunchIdiotTelling The TruthExtremismDisservice Author:Michael T. Flynn
“Islam is an ideology and there's a religious component to it that's radicalized and in some cases it masks itself behind that religion, especially in America, because of freedom of religion.” AmericaReligiousBehindsCasesIslamIdeologyMaskComponentsFreedom Of Religion Author:Michael T. Flynn
“There are Muslims, who are moderate Muslims. And there's more of them than there are radicalized Muslims and are using Islam in its misinterpreted ideology.” IslamIdeologyModeratesMisinterpreted Author:Michael T. Flynn
“Prayer has never made you right, because right now our world of Islam is filled with abject hypocrisy in its religiosity.” WorldMadePrayerRight NowFilledIslamHypocrisyOur World Author:Louis Farrakhan
“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
“ISIS is not Islam. No, I'm not saying that. The government says that. The left, the media says it. ISIS is not Islam. You've heard Obama say that. ISIS is making a mockery of Islam. In fact, what you really need to understand about the way our government looks at Islam, they look at Islam as anti-terror as well. Islam is anti-terrorism. Therefore, no terrorism can actually be Islamic.” WayNeedsWellsLooksFactsGovernmentLeftHeardMediaIslamTerrorTerrorismIslamicIsisMockeryAnti Terrorism Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Islam is the religion of peace. We say that jokingly. That's actually the position of the US government. It's rooted in political correctness and fear and a number of other convoluted things.” GovernmentPoliticalNumbersPositionIslamRootedPolitical CorrectnessCorrectnessConvoluted Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Islam, the religion of peace and any terrorism that happens, is not really Islamic or Islamic inspired. This is called a willful blindness. It's also political correctness.” HappensPoliticalIslamInspiredTerrorismIslamicBlindnessPolitical CorrectnessCorrectness Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Politicians have made up their own version of Islam to avoid having to deal with the reality of Islam because it's just too daunting, frightening, scary, whatever, and they don't want to deal with it.” WantMadeRealityDealsPoliticianIslamScaryVersionsFrightening Author:Rush Limbaugh
“To the government, terrorism committed by people who happen to be Muslim is not in any way a reflection of legitimate interpretation of Islam. You might find this hard to believe, but if you're doubting any of this, just search your own memory. All the times that we have heard that Islam's a religion of peace and that we can't use the word "terrorism" to describe it and Obama will not use it. And then remember all the times that this administration actually claims that violence by white right-wing white Christians poses a greater threat to the people of America than Islam.” PeopleIfsWayBelieveHardUseGovernmentMightHappensChristianAmericaRememberMemoriesWhiteDoubtGreaterViolenceHeardReflectionClaimsWingsThreatIslamCommittedTerrorismAdministrationInterpretationRight WingHard To Believe Author:Rush Limbaugh
“To the government, terrorism committed by people who are Muslim is not a reflection on the legitimate interpretation of Islam, even if Islamic supremacist ideology, which endorses jihad violence - Islam, standard, mainstream Islam endorses jihad violence, but our government doesn't want to admit that or deal with it. Here in America, as in Western Europe, this is the key to understand.” PeopleIfsWantGovernmentAmericaDealsViolenceKeysStandardsReflectionEuropeIslamWesternCommittedTerrorismIdeologyIslamicInterpretationMainstreamJihadWestern Europe Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Al-Qaeda, ISIS, they can't be Islamic. Islam is the religion of peace. They are bastardizing it. They are frauds. They are calling themselves Islamic and they are calling themselves Muslim, but they're not. Because Islam is as anti-terror as you and I are. Islam is the religion of peace. I'm telling you what our government's position is. The US military position.” GovernmentMilitaryPositionCallingIslamTerrorIslamicAlsFraudIsisAl QaedaUs Military Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Islam is the religion of peace. And Islam, genuine, real Muslims are as opposed to Al-Qaeda and ISIS as we are. That is what has been dictated to our law enforcement agents by their superiors. If those were your instructions, and you have a terror attack and you're out there reporting to the media, trying to answer questions, you'd sound like a babbling buffoon, too, because you'd have to come up with ways to violate the very common sense you know is true.” IfsKnowsWayTryingHas BeensRealLawSoundAnswersCommonMediaIslamCome UpTerrorGenuineSuperiorsCommon SenseAgentsAlsInstructionLaw EnforcementEnforcementIsisAl QaedaBabblingBuffoonsTerror Attacks Author:Rush Limbaugh
“What are the policy implications of the government and this fantasy Islam, what are the policy implications of a United States government that believes Islam is as anti-terror as you and I are? Well, it means that Islamic doctrine can never be cited as the cause of terrorism, as a matter of policy. And it never is. It never is.” BelieveWellsMeanMatterStatesGovernmentCausesUnitedUnited StatesFantasyPolicyIslamTerrorTerrorismDoctrineIslamicImplicationsState GovernmentUnited States Government Author:Rush Limbaugh
“If the cops come upon a mass murder attack that is clearly instigated by Islamic doctrine, they are not permitted to conclude that it is terrorism because they have been directed by their superiors in law enforcement to maintain that Islam is against terrorism.” IfsHas BeensLawMassMurderIslamTerrorismDoctrineSuperiorsIslamicCopLaw EnforcementEnforcementIn-laws Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The law enforcement agents believe they cannot call terrorism "terrorism" unless and until they uncover evidence proving that the Muslim mass murderers have some tie to a designated non-Islamic terror group like ISIS or Al-Qaeda, and bingo, bingo. What do we get today? "There's an ISIS connection," and once again none of this has anything to do with Islam. That's how it works at the highest levels of our government.” BelieveGovernmentTodayLawLevelsGroupsProveHighestMassEvidenceConnectionsIslamTerrorTerrorismAgentsTiesIslamicAlsLaw EnforcementEnforcementMurdererIsisAl QaedaBingo Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The left considers conservatives and Republicans to be their number one enemy, not Islam. Certainly not Islam! We conservatives and Republicans are a greater enemy that even Al-Qaeda or ISIS.” LeftNumbersEnemyGreaterRepublicanIslamAlsIsisAl Qaeda Author:Rush Limbaugh
“You can be prosecuted if you tell the truth about Islam.” IfsIslamTelling The Truth Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Many people question their religious identity today, not necessarily by thinking of converting to Judaism or to Islam: it's just that technologies seriously challenge the status of the human being. All technologies converge toward the same spot, they all lead to a Deus ex Machina, a machine-God.” PeopleThinkingHumansTodayChallengesReligiousHuman BeingsTechnologyIdentityMachinesIslamSpotsJudaismExesConvertingReligious Identity Author:Paul Virilio
“Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Marine Le Pen seem to have no respect for the institutions that were created after World War II, and they see a potential alliance of populists around the world who would fight Islam and restore a certain semblance of traditional values.” WorldWarSeemsCertainValuesFightingTrumpInstitutionsIslamTraditionalAround The WorldWar Of The WorldsPensWorld War IiWorld War IMarinePutinAlliancesNo RespectPopulistSemblanceTraditional Values Author:David Brooks
“This [terrorists attacks on 9/11] was part of nothing. It was a leap into another realm - the realm of crazy abstractions and mythological generalities, involving people who have hijacked Islam for their own purposes. It's important not to fall into that trap and to try to respond with a metaphysical retaliation of some sort.” PeopleTryingImportantPurposeFallCrazyIslamTerroristRealmsLeapTrapsMetaphysicalAbstractionInvolvingGeneralitiesRetaliation Author:Edward Said
“It was thought that to rally Islam against godless communism would be doing the Soviet Union a very bad turn indeed, and that, in fact, transpired. In 1985, a group of mujahedeen came to Washington and was greeted by President [Ronald] Reagan, who called them "freedom fighters."” FactsWould BeTurnsPresidentGroupsUnionsIslamFighterCommunismSovietSoviet UnionFreedom FighterPresident Ronald Reagan Author:Edward Said
“[Mujahedeen], by the way, don't represent Islam in any formal sense. They're not imams or sheiks. They are self-appointed warriors for Islam.” WaySelfIslamWarriorFormal Author:Edward Said
“In the story ["The Pyramid and the Ass"] there's this war against the so-called Buddhist Terrorists. As we find out, they're not really terrorists at all, just good folks trying to liberate people from technology and fight against an American government/corporation trying to coopt our souls. The inherent racism and Buddhist-phobia in the story plays into the present demonizing of Islam - and of our loss of knowledge about the great, spiritual history of the Sufis, for example, or the cultural heritage from the middle east.” PeopleTryingWarSoulPlayStoriesGovernmentSpiritualFightingLossTechnologyMiddleExampleRacismIslamFolksEastTerroristAssBuddhistCorporationsHeritageMiddle EastInherentSufiPyramidsAmerican GovernmentPhobiaCultural HeritageGreat Spiritual Author:Alexander Weinstein
“If people are given a TV-educated idea of what Islam is, I have the opportunity to push back on that and say ISIS does not speak for the Muslim world, and in fact, you have people right here in front of you who are much more representative than homicidal maniacs.” PeopleIfsWorldDoeIdeasFactsOpportunitySpeakGivenFrontsTvsIslamEducatedRepresentativesIsisManiacsMuslim WorldHomicidal Author:Keith Ellison
“One time, the Library of Congress was giving books to local libraries around the country on Islam. The library of a guy named Walter Jones, who's a member of Congress from North Carolina, got some books and resource materials, and he got up in the press and said he didn't want any Muslim books in the library. And the people said, "Wait a minute, that's kind of anti-Muslim." He said, "Oh no, Keith Ellison is a friend of mine." And I said, "You know what? We are friends, but you're wrong about this.” PeopleKnowsWantGivingKindSaidBookCountryGuyWaitingMinutesMinesMaterialsMembersResourcesPressesIslamLibraryCongressLocalsOne TimeCarolinaNorth CarolinaKeith Author:Keith Ellison
“There are two ways that you can go wrong in our long-term fight against jihadis. One would be to not acknowledge that terrorism and especially jihadi-motivated terrorism, comes from specific places in the world and is connected to specific ideologies. But another way to fall off a cliff and harm our long-term interests would be to imply that the U.S. is at war with Islam.” WorldWayLongTwoWarWould BeFallFightingTermInterestIslamConnectedTerrorismHarmIdeologyAcknowledgeLong TermMotivatedAnother WayCliffsTwo WaysPlaces In The World Author:Benjamin E. Sasse
“We're not at war with all Muslims, we're at war with a subset of Islam that believes in killing in the name of religion, as jihadis do.” BelieveWarNamesIslamKilling Author:Benjamin E. Sasse
“Islam is according to me, my party, not so much a religion as well as it is a totalitarian ideology.” WellsPartyIslamIdeology Author:Geert Wilders
“Look how in societies today where Islam is dominant and prominent, how any non-Islamic person, whether it's a Christian or an apostate or a woman or a critical journalist, how they are treated. This is in a very bad way, often with the death penalty or imprisonment or all those kind of terrible things.” WayLooksKindPersonsTodayChristianTerribleIslamCriticalTreatedJournalistIslamicPenaltiesDominantDeath PenaltyTerrible ThingsImprisonmentProminentSociety Today Author:Geert Wilders
“What I'm trying to do when I visit Australia, is warn Australians that even though it might not be the case today, learn from the mistakes that we made in Europe: be vigilant and look at Islam for what it really is.” TryingLooksMadeMightTodayMistakeCasesEuropeIslamAustraliaVigilant Author:Geert Wilders
“The best example is that if any person, any Muslim wants to leave Islam, then the penalty is death. It is not even allowed to leave it. That's why I believe Islam should not be compared with other religions like Christianity or Judaism.” IfsWantShouldBelievePersonsI BelieveChristianityExampleIslamPenaltiesJudaism Author:Geert Wilders