A kind of racism still exists in the United States, and Islamophobia is a more convenient way to express that sentiment. There has also been an attempt to paint Muslims as enemies of the United States. — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
Our enemy is not Islam. Islam is not the enemy of America; Americans are not the enemy of Islam. Our real enemy is extremism and radicalism. — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
“...Religious wars have never produced the downfall of any religion.” — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
Staying chaste until marriage, a commandment of my faith, was one of the most difficult challenges of my young life. I had a powerful… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
Sufis teach that we first must battle and destroy the evil within ourselves by shining upon it the good within, and then we learn… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
In spite of the polls, the fact is that American Muslims are very happy and they thrive in this country. — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
I have never made a threat. I've never made a threat, never expressed a threat, never - I've never - I would never threaten… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
Any organization or any individual that targets civilians and kills them for political agenda is a terrorist organization. — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
We are Americans. We - we - we are - we are doctors. We are investment bankers. We are taxi drivers. We are store… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
One of the misperceptions that exists in the Muslim world, which needs to be fixed, is the perception that Muslims in America are -… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
There are individuals who are working very hard to promote fear and antagonism towards Islam and Muslims in this country. It's fueled, in part,… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
We've got to be fair. You can't say a place that has strip joints is sacred ground. We've got to be just. We've got… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
Yusuf Qaradawi is probably the most well-known legal authority in the whole Muslim world today. — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
