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> [America has an immense amount of power, but it doesn't use it in any benevolent way. It uses it to maintain a status quo.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamza-yusuf/america-has-an-immense-amount-of-power-but-it-doesn-t-use-it-in-any/)

[Hamza Yusuf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamza-yusuf/)

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## More by Hamza Yusuf

> [We must assert to the Abrahamic people that we are the last extension of the Abrahamic religion... There is no such thing as an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamza-yusuf/we-must-assert-to-the-abrahamic-people-that-we-are-the-last-extension/)

[Hamza Yusuf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamza-yusuf/)

> [September 11 was a wake-up call to me. I don't want to contribute to the hate in any shape or form. I now regret…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamza-yusuf/september-11-was-a-wake-up-call-to-me-i-don-t-want-to-contribute-to/)

[Hamza Yusuf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamza-yusuf/)

> [Islam is based on naql (texts) and ‘aql (intellect). Some people just have the texts – we call them naql-heads.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamza-yusuf/islam-is-based-on-naql-texts-and-aql-intellect-some-people-just-have/)

[Hamza Yusuf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamza-yusuf/)

> [The entrenched beliefs many westerners profess about Islam often reveal more about the West than they do about Islam or Muslims.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamza-yusuf/the-entrenched-beliefs-many-westerners-profess-about-islam-often/)

[Hamza Yusuf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamza-yusuf/)

> [Our duty is to be patient.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamza-yusuf/our-duty-is-to-be-patient/)

[Hamza Yusuf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamza-yusuf/)

> [“In essence, what is forbidden to do is likewise forbidden as an object of reflection. Included in this is thinking about the weaknesses or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamza-yusuf/in-essence-what-is-forbidden-to-do-is-likewise-forbidden-as-an-object/)

[Hamza Yusuf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamza-yusuf/)

> [I don't align myself with the West of the Muslim world. I align myself with what I perceive to be just and in accordance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamza-yusuf/i-don-t-align-myself-with-the-west-of-the-muslim-world-i-align-myself/)

[Hamza Yusuf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamza-yusuf/)

> [Religion is here to unite us. It's not here to divide us. If it's dividing us, it's not God's religion, it's something else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamza-yusuf/religion-is-here-to-unite-us-it-s-not-here-to-divide-us-if-it-s/)

[Hamza Yusuf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamza-yusuf/)

> [For young people, if someone tells you: you are the future - say No! I'm the present. You have things to do right now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamza-yusuf/for-young-people-if-someone-tells-you-you-are-the-future-say-no-i-m/)

[Hamza Yusuf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamza-yusuf/)

> [I would rather live as a Muslim in the West than in most of the Muslim countries, because I think the way Muslims are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamza-yusuf/i-would-rather-live-as-a-muslim-in-the-west-than-in-most-of-the/)

[Hamza Yusuf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamza-yusuf/)

> [America is about choices, including those to live certain lifestyles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamza-yusuf/america-is-about-choices-including-those-to-live-certain-lifestyles/)

[Hamza Yusuf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamza-yusuf/)

> [We live in the age of Noah (a.s.) in the sense that a flood of distraction accosts us. It is a slow and subtle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamza-yusuf/we-live-in-the-age-of-noah-a-s-in-the-sense-that-a-flood-of/)

[Hamza Yusuf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamza-yusuf/)

> [“Everybody wants to change the world yet no one wants to change themselves.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamza-yusuf/everybody-wants-to-change-the-world-yet-no-one-wants-to-change/)

[Hamza Yusuf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamza-yusuf/)

> [“Desire is an attempt to fill the void”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamza-yusuf/desire-is-an-attempt-to-fill-the-void/)

[Hamza Yusuf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamza-yusuf/)

> [Practice makes permanent, not perfect. If you practice the wrong thing, you make the wrong act permanent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamza-yusuf/practice-makes-permanent-not-perfect-if-you-practice-the-wrong-thing/)

[Hamza Yusuf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamza-yusuf/)

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