I dream of a world where people from different backgrounds are praying and working for the flourishment of communities different from them, and I find my sustenance not only in these stories in scripture, but in stories of human existence… — Eboo Patel Copy Share Image
My favorite single line from the Qur’an is from Surah 49:13, which says that God made us different nations and tribes that we may come to know one another, in the sense that diversity is holy and it was created… — Eboo Patel Copy Share Image
Finding Mecca in America weaves social theory and concrete ethnography into a significant contribution on Muslims in the United States, illuminating broader questions about… — Eboo Patel Copy Share Image
I think that we live in a remarkably networked world. The problem with that, of course, is that tensions can travel in nanoseconds across… — Eboo Patel Copy Share Image
“In one of the moments when my father was feeling especially righteous about his “Muslim-ness,” I overheard him expressing concern to my mother that… — Eboo Patel Copy Share Image
We have to build bridges that are stronger than the bombs that other people might throw — Eboo Patel Copy Share Image
Religious pluralism is neither mere coexistence nor forced consensus. It is a form of proactive cooperation that affirms the identity of the constituent communities… — Eboo Patel Copy Share Image
“I realized that it was precisely because of America’s glaring imperfections that I should seek to participate in its progress, carve a place in… — Eboo Patel Copy Share Image
A social entrepreneur is somebody who knows how to make an idea reality, and one of the great ideas of our time is pluralism.… — Eboo Patel Copy Share Image
Show me a religion that doesn't care about compassion. Show me a religion that doesn't care about stewardship of the environment. Show me a… — Eboo Patel Copy Share Image
To see the other side, to defend another people, not despite your tradition but because of it, is the heart of pluralism — Eboo Patel Copy Share Image
When thousands of people discover that their story is also someone else's story, they have the chance to write a new story together. — Eboo Patel Copy Share Image
Religious extremists want to show us that the only possibility is for us to kill each other, so September 11 is not only heinous… — Eboo Patel Copy Share Image
I as a Muslim believe deeply in the differences that are within Islam. But I also take seriously the idea that we have to… — Eboo Patel Copy Share Image
