“Islam emphasized the internal purity of man that is achieved through the purity of the mind in realizing the Right and the purity of feelings through having the pure intention towards man, far away from the meanness of malevolence and hatred and through the purity of the movement that is not lunched except for the sake of justice, Good and life.” MenMindFeelingsRealizingJusticeMovementPureHatredIntentionIslamSakePurityInternalsFar AwayMeannessMalevolence Author:Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah
“If you ask a Saudi Imam why women in Saudi Arabia can't drive, he'll say, 'Because Islam demands it.' But that's absurd, because - first of all - Islam demands no such thing; and secondly, the only country in the world in which women can't drive is Saudi Arabia. The inability to understand the difference between a cultural practice and religious belief is shocking among self-described intellectuals.” IfsWorldFirstsSelfCountryWisdomRealityReligionAsksBeliefCommunityLeadershipDifferencesReligiousJusticeClassPracticeGenerationsHuman NatureDemandEqualEthicsIslamHuman RightsAbsurdIdeologyShockingInabilityEqual RightsArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisReligious Belief Author:Reza Aslan
“I have always endeavoured, as my double duty of believer and sovereign dictated, to follow the precepts of the sacred Book of Islam: precepts of balance, justice and moderation. Although my religious education was very literal, in that I learnt to understand the precepts of the Koran precisely according to the text, we have seen that on several occasions throughout my life, I have felt myself to be very particularly in the hands of the Almighty.” BookHandsFeltReligiousJusticeDutyBalanceSacredIslamBelieverOccasionsAlmightySovereignModerationLiteralReligious Education Author:Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
“The problem is sitting in the birthplace of Islam, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, where this interpretation of Islam has gone out into the world over the last four decades, creating militancy groups from Indonesia, to now, San Bernardino, California, vicious attack. We have to take back the faith. And we have to take it back with the principles of peace, social justice, and human rights, women's rights, and secularize governance.” WorldHumansProblemLastsSocialJusticePrinciplesGoneFourRightsGroupsCreatingSittingSocial JusticeIslamHuman RightsDecadesCaliforniaInterpretationWomens RightsViciousGovernanceIndonesiaArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisMeccaBirthplaceMilitancy Author:Chuck Todd
“Islam has always been a force that dispels tyrants and tyranny, opression and exploitaion. Islam has always been a force that militates for justice.” ForceJusticeIslamTyrannyTyrants Author:Louis Farrakhan
“Christianity and Islam are concerned with the idea of justice, which can turn into political justice, social justice, economical justice, and so on. Buddhism is not so concerned with the idea of rights. There is more talk of responsibility than of demanding rights.” IdeasPoliticalTurnsSocialJusticeResponsibilityChristianityRightsBuddhismConcernedSocial JusticeIslamChristianity And Islam Author:Pankaj Mishra