I see no difference between Islam and Islamism. Islam is defined as submission to the will of Allah, as it is described… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
I think the bottom line for me and for Newsweek is that there were a lot of - we did retract this… — Michael Isikoff Copy Share Image
“Consider the Koran, for example; this wretched book was sufficient to start a world-religion, to satisfy the metaphysical needs of countless millions… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“...The Qur'an cannot be translated. ...The book is here rendered almost literally and every effort has been made to choose befitting language.… — Pickthall M. Marmaduke Copy Share Image
“They say that Caliph Omar, when consulted about what had to be done with the library of Alexandria, answered as follows: 'If… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
I read the Koran and it appealed to me. At the time I was agnostic and it really breathed spiritually back into… — Q-Tip Copy Share Image
I had amazing intellectual privilege as a kid. My mom taught me to read when I was two or three. When I… — Chris Abani Copy Share Image
“Moses found the wises man in this sacred meeting place of the waters. His name is not given in the Koran, but… — Laurence Galian Copy Share Image
We are now in the 21st century: all books, including the Koran, should be fair game for flushing down the toilet without… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“Why does a young Muslim, in the prime of life, with a full life ahead, go and blow himself up in a… — Wafa Sultan Copy Share Image
A lot of the Koran does not speak very eloquently to a Westerner. Much of it is either legalistic or opaquely poetic. — John Updike Copy Share Image
“We took the liberty to make some enquiries concerning the ground of their pretensions to make war upon nations who had done… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Arabic science throughout its golden age was inextricably linked to religion; indeed, it was driven by the need of early scholars to… — Jim Al-Khalili Copy Share Image
Our constitution should be inspired by the philosophy of the Koran with principles that are set in stone and not open to… — Basmah bint Saud Copy Share Image
In the history of the prophetic biblical canon that starts with Genesis, the Koran is by far the most tolerant of the… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
Out of 1.6 billion Muslims, perhaps only 300 million actually understand the language of the Koran. — Mosab Hassan Yousef Copy Share Image
“The admirers and followers of the Al Koran insist on the excellent moral precepts interspersed throughout that wild and absurd performance...Would we… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Well, it is true that they did - the Pentagon did impose rules for governing the handling of the Koran in January… — Michael Isikoff Copy Share Image
By the last decades of the 21st century, church worship will still take the form of reading passages of traditional texts -… — Frank Tipler Copy Share Image
“You claim that the evidentiary miracle is present and available, namely, the Koran. You say: 'Whoever denies it, let him produce a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I ran across an excerpt today (in English translation) of some dialogue/narration from the modern popular writer, Paulo Coelho in his book:… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“Each of those churches shows certain books, which they call revelation, or the Word of God. The Jews say that their Word… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“... classical Arabic, being the language of the Qur'an, has not changed at all in fourteen centuries, making the writings of the… — Jim Al-Khalili Copy Share Image
