“The fundamental difference between Islamic government, on the one hand, and constitutional monarchy and republics, on the other, is this: whereas the representatives of the people or the monarch in such regimes engage in legislation, in Islam the legislative power and competence to establish laws belong exclusively to God Almighty.” PeopleHandsGovernmentLawDifferencesFundamentalsIslamIslamicGossipRepublicRegimesRepresentativesAlmightyLegislationCompetenceMonarchyMonarchsConstitutional Monarchy Author:Ruhollah Khomeini
“The difference must be distinguished between worship and respect. Islam orders you to obey and respect, as long as you are not worshiping anything other than God... Islam is a religion of peace. You don't attack. You explain.” LongOrderDifferencesWorshipIslamDistinguished Author:Hakeem Olajuwon
“Islam is in principle egalitarian, and has always had problems with power.” ProblemPrinciplesIslamEgalitarianism Author:Mary Douglas
“I really want to bring the message of love that is Islam to people; bring something new to that familiar face.” PeopleWantFacesMessagesIslamFamiliarSomething NewFamiliar Faces Author:Youssou N'Dour
“Islam has been badly used by a certain ideology.” Has BeensUsedCertainIslamIdeology Author:Youssou N'Dour
“We have shown that Islam can rule the world perfectly for 14 centuries, and during this time of Muslim power we did not borrow ideas like democracy from others, so why do we need to learn democracy from them now?” WorldNeedsIdeasDemocracyCenturyIslam Author:Abu Bakar Bashir
“The enemy is not Islam, the great world faith, but a perversion of Islam.” WorldEnemyIslamPerversion Author:John Cornyn
“After America won the Cold War, some believed we had come to the 'end of history,' and budget-cutters celebrated the so-called 'peace dividend.' As a result, we ignored the toxic mixture of militant Islam and terror that ultimately led to 9/11.” WarEndsAmericaResultsColdIslamTerrorBudgetsToxicCold WarIgnoredMixturesMilitantDividendsCutters Author:Frank Gaffney
“My aim is to show that those governments that violate the rights of people by invoking the name of Islam have been misusing Islam.” PeopleHas BeensShowsGovernmentNamesRightsAimIslam Author:Shirin Ebadi
“The revival of Islam dates from the early years of the 20th century. It was brought about by their humiliation, by their sense of how low they'd fallen compared with the West.” YearsCenturyLowsWestIslamFallen20th CenturyHumiliationRevival Author:John Keegan