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> [“You know,” said Jehangir, breaking the silence, “it's only Muslims who use the term 'innovation' to mean something bad.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-muhammad-knight/you-know-said-jehangir-breaking-the-silence-it-s-only-muslims-who-use/)

[Michael Muhammad Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-muhammad-knight/)

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## Other authors on Breaking silence

- [Martin Luther King, Jr 26 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breaking-silence/martin-luther-king-jr/)

## More by Michael Muhammad Knight

> [“I'm a spiritual person, she said. "I believe in Allah, you know, though I don't always call It 'Allah' and I pray the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-muhammad-knight/i-m-a-spiritual-person-she-said-i-believe-in-allah-you-know-though-i/)

[Michael Muhammad Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-muhammad-knight/)

> [“For every culture-hero living out his myth, there must be a witness willing to pass the story on. Then”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-muhammad-knight/for-every-culture-hero-living-out-his-myth-there-must-be-a-witness/)

[Michael Muhammad Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-muhammad-knight/)

> [“People say that America has no religion, but it's the opposite: America has every religion, all the old ones, and produces more new ones…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-muhammad-knight/people-say-that-america-has-no-religion-but-it-s-the-opposite-america/)

[Michael Muhammad Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-muhammad-knight/)

> [“One thing was for sure: I had no interest in questioning whether Islam was inherently a religion of peace or one of war, whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-muhammad-knight/one-thing-was-for-sure-i-had-no-interest-in-questioning-whether-islam/)

[Michael Muhammad Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-muhammad-knight/)

> [ “During his hajj, Malcolm \[Malcolm X\] fell into a new Islam with the same blind faith that he had given to Elijah. Since he… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-muhammad-knight/during-his-hajj-malcolm-malcolm-x-fell-into-a-new-islam-with-the-same/)

[Michael Muhammad Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-muhammad-knight/)

> [“I remembered the malangs of Shah Jamal, the dirty, shirtless renouncers with ratty beards and dreads and bare chests covered in necklaces of prayer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-muhammad-knight/i-remembered-the-malangs-of-shah-jamal-the-dirty-shirtless-renouncers/)

[Michael Muhammad Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-muhammad-knight/)

> [Allah is too big and open for my deen to be small and closed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-muhammad-knight/allah-is-too-big-and-open-for-my-deen-to-be-small-and-closed/)

[Michael Muhammad Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-muhammad-knight/)

> [If Allah wants to send me a message, he'll do so on the faces of my brothers and sisters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-muhammad-knight/if-allah-wants-to-send-me-a-message-he-ll-do-so-on-the-faces-of-my/)

[Michael Muhammad Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-muhammad-knight/)

> [“Religion is like an art gallery. One painting will speak to you more than another, and there's no need to explain or defend your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-muhammad-knight/religion-is-like-an-art-gallery-one-painting-will-speak-to-you-more/)

[Michael Muhammad Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-muhammad-knight/)

> [“They need a deen that's not your uncle's deen.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-muhammad-knight/they-need-a-deen-that-s-not-your-uncle-s-deen/)

[Michael Muhammad Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-muhammad-knight/)

> [“A Muslim just follows Allah. Sunni-Shiah? That's farga, the groups—Allah discourages this in the Quran, you know, never ever form the groups.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-muhammad-knight/a-muslim-just-follows-allah-sunni-shiah-that-s-farga-the-groups-allah/)

[Michael Muhammad Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-muhammad-knight/)

> [“Radicals have value, at least; they can move the center. On a scale of 1 to 5, 3 is moderate, 1 and 5 the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-muhammad-knight/radicals-have-value-at-least-they-can-move-the-center-on-a-scale-of-1/)

[Michael Muhammad Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-muhammad-knight/)

> [The jamaat was an almost silly mish-mash of people: Rude Dawud’s pork-pie hat poking up here, a jalab-and-turban there, Jehangir’s big Mohawk rising from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-muhammad-knight/the-jamaat-was-an-almost-silly-mish-mash-of-people-rude-dawud-s-pork/)

[Michael Muhammad Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-muhammad-knight/)

> [“Dry-humping, I believe it's called.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-muhammad-knight/dry-humping-i-believe-it-s-called/)

[Michael Muhammad Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-muhammad-knight/)

> [“The earth isn’t spinning because you told it to do so. Your intestines aren’t digesting by your command. You’re made up of a trillion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-muhammad-knight/the-earth-isn-t-spinning-because-you-told-it-to-do-so-your-intestines/)

[Michael Muhammad Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-muhammad-knight/)

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