Islam Quotes by Douglas Murray

8 Islam quotes by Douglas Murray

Douglas Murray’s voice on Islam is sharp and unflinching. In this brief set, his observations cut to the core of cultural and political tension, offering a clear-eyed look at a topic that often sparks heated debate.

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“The same uneven application of values applies in the weird worlds of academia and the think tanks. Like the media, they choose…

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“But under President Obama, as much as under his predecessor, the continuing call to celebrate Islam rather than any other religion –…

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“By 2015 more British Muslims were fighting for Isis than for the British armed forces.”

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“The media suffer from an internalised as well as institutionalised Islamophilia. They could never broadcast, or print, during Ramadan, Eid or any…

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“They are an American Delegation who are doing a tour of the region to apologize for the crusades', said Arafat. Then he,…

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“The claim that Islam is a religion of peace is a nicety invented by Western politicians so as either not to offend…

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Rather than being a 'perversion' of Islam, it is truer to say that the version of Islam espoused by ISIS, while undoubtedly…

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“For present-day politicians there are only political points to be made from such statements, and the larger the sin the larger the…

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“Nevertheless, although modern European guilt is currently described as though it is a terminal condition, there is no certainty that it will be. Will…

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“But under President Obama, as much as under his predecessor, the continuing call to celebrate Islam rather than any other religion – like Christianity,…

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ISIS may seem un-Islamic to President Obama, but to anybody who has read Islam's core texts, it might appear to be a fairly straightforward…

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Fanaticism is at its very strongest when it has political or, better still, religious motivation.

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“growth solely accounted for by immigration – led to the usual strains”

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Fanatics end by subverting their own argument. For instance, animal rights activists have some point, and many people feel sympathy with them. But animal…

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“By 2015 more British Muslims were fighting for Isis than for the British armed forces.”

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“Sad to say, this Islamophilia problem does not occur only at the low-ranking level of Director of the CIA. But at least you’ve always…

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“Islamophilia’. And it has gripped the Western world. It could be defined as the expression of disproportionate adoration of Islam. I don’t say –…

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“And so all the time the European brain has held onto two contradictory things. The first is the dominant established narrative of a generation:…

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“Such visible failure and a sense of lost moorings can be – for the individual as for society – not only a cause for…

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“The problem for US officials is the same problem that filters through all the other sections of our societies. It goes something like this.…

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“On 11 September 2012 crowds of friendly locals in Kabul, Afghanistan, were chanting the usual ‘Death to America’ slogans. At the same time American…

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“To immerse oneself in popular culture for any length of time is to wallow in an almost unbearable shallowness.”

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