You can't just read the Koran to understand Muslim life. You have to look at history, at personalities, at economics, and so… — Daniel Pipes Copy Share Image
The Koran shows every sign of being thrown together by human beings, as do all the other holy books. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
If there ever was a religious war full of terror, it was the Crusades. But you can't blame Christianity because a few… — Moustapha Akkad Copy Share Image
Muhammad established a religion by putting his enemies to death; Jesus Christ by commanding his followers to lay down their lives. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
It took 200 years for the Crusaders to create [this] Muslim fanaticism. It was the exact imitation of Christian intolerance. — Terry Jones Copy Share Image
There is only one God for us all, whether we find him through the Koran, the Zend-Avesta, The Tolmud, or the Gita. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The Holy Koran teaches that whoever kills an innocent is as - it is as if he has killed all mankind. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I would like to say that that even the teachings of the Koran cannot be exempted from criticism. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I think the bottom line for me and for Newsweek is that there were a lot of - we did retract this… — Michael Isikoff Copy Share Image
“Arabic science throughout its golden age was inextricably linked to religion; indeed, it was driven by the need of early scholars to… — Jim Al-Khalili Copy Share Image
Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all the great… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
Muhammad was a great man, an intrepid soldier; with a handful of men he triumphed at the battle of Bender (sic); a… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
“Arabian sunan by virtue of the fact that he merely adopted them (later on, this became the third sub-type of Prophetic Sunna,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You cannot simply read the Quran,not if you take it seriously.You either have surrendered to it already or you fight it. It… — Jeffrey Lang Copy Share Image
Well, yes, I mean, I think that, you know, my sources suggest that there's a lot of support for the notion that… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
A key difference between Christianity and Islam is that Muslims believe that the Koran contains verbatim the word of God; it is… — Geert Wilders Copy Share Image
“nodded. “The Prophet lived about five hundred years after Jesus. Unlike the Bible, which is the collected writings of many authors over… — Jeffrey Small Copy Share Image
[The canonization of the Koran involved the] attribution of several, partially overlapping, collections of logia [sayings] (exhibiting a distinctly Mosaic imprint) to… — John Wansbrough Copy Share Image
“Consider the Koran, for example; this wretched book was sufficient to start a world-religion, to satisfy the metaphysical needs of countless millions… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Instead of a perpetual and perfect measure of the divine will, the fragments of the Koran were produced at the discretion of… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
His readiness to undergo persecutions for his beliefs, the high moral character of the men who believed in him and looked up… — William Montgomery Watt Copy Share Image
“Mohammad never assigned himself a status more than a common man and a messenger of God. People had faith in him when… — M.H. Hyndman Copy Share Image
The Koran claims for itself that it is "mubeen," or clear. But if you look at it, you will notice that every… — Gerd R. Puin Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself to be a crusader of any sort. I was bystander to a certain number of newspaper crusades. They… — David Simon Copy Share Image
“You people do not have to live like this!" the man pleaded. "We are humans, made in the image of God. No… — Donald Allen Kirch Copy Share Image
“However, not all Muslims have always believed that the Koran is eternal and uncreated—a fact that has important implications for modern-day hopes… — Robert Spencer Copy Share Image
“It must be particularly borne in mind, that Mahomet did not profess to set up a new religion ; but to restore… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
I do not know much about Mohammed or Mohammedanism. I do not take the Koran to bed with me every night. But,… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“You claim that the evidentiary miracle is present and available, namely, the Koran. You say: 'Whoever denies it, let him produce a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, we live in an era where once a person learns a bit of the Arabic language and memorizes the translation of… — Shaykh Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhlawi Copy Share Image
Muhammad teaches us the knowledge of our own selves, and of our own people. He cleans us up-morally, mentally and spiritually — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
The Koran is a fascist book which incites violence. That is why this book, just like [Adolf Hitler's] Mein Kampf, must be… — Geert Wilders Copy Share Image
“But even the most accurate ones are the word of Muhammad , not the word of Allah. We must not equate the… — Nabeel Qureshi Copy Share Image
The Koran says the killing of an innocent, the taking of an innocent life, is tantamount to killing all of mankind. — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share Image
Those who say Islam is a warlike religion must ask if Christianity has been as well. — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
It is evident that the fanatical interpretation of the Koran is incompatible with our values of freedom and with Christian values. — Matteo Salvini Copy Share Image
In the East, as in the West, newspapers are fast becoming people's Bible, Koran, Zend-Avesta and Gita all rolled into one. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I just finished reading the Koran, and there's nothing in there I didn't hear in Sunday school. — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
In the history of the prophetic biblical canon that starts with Genesis, the Koran is by far the most tolerant of the… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
“the United States government will not tolerate any disrespect for the holy Koran.” What form our government’s intolerance will take remains unspecified.… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image