I'm amazed at how Muslims keep their humanity after reading the Koran. — Mosab Hassan Yousef Copy Share Image
When I read the Koran or hear it read, the images and the poetry, the sound of the language is very inspiring. — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
The Koran and the laws of all civilized nations legislate against the vilification of religions. — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
“Whether the Koran is of eternity I don't ask about that That it is the book of books I believe it to… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Do not be fooled by one who recites the Qurân. His recitation is but speech – but look to those who act… — Umar 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
Muhammad is more human, more self-doubting, even self-tortured at times. His story is full of adventure, intrigue, betrayal. — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“Surely the vilest of animals in Allah’s sight are those who disbelieve. —THE KORAN” — David Livingstone Smith Copy Share Image
The Koran says that there can be no heaven for one who sheds the blood of an innocent neighbour. — Mahatma Gandhi 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
When you pay attention to the Quran, you discover that it can only be from Allah. It becomes clearer and clearer to… — Nouman Ali Khan Copy Share Image
One of those blocks (that prevent the 'Middle East from entering the mainstream of modernity') is the orthodox tenet that the Koran… — Arnold Beichman Copy Share Image
Muhammad was a great man, an intrepid soldier; with a handful of men he triumphed at the battle of Bender (sic); a… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all the great… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
“Real Christians project love for other people. But if you missed that message in the bible how can it be expected you… — Chris J. Kortright Copy Share Image
“And then earlier than that there were the crusades. The crusades were totally fucked. Richard the Lionheart, who had the heart of… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
Everything made so much sense. This is the beauty of the Qur'an; it asks you to reflect and reason…When I read the… — Cat Stevens Copy Share Image
“The Quran is the best of companions, being always available, truthful, comforting, trustworthy, and beneficial, it has about it a quality of… — A'id al-Qarni Copy Share Image
“My feelings about Das Kapital are the same as my feelings about the Koran. I know that it is historically important and… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
Serious or trivial, his daily behavior has instituted a canon which millions observe this day with conscious memory. No one regarded by… — David George Hogarth Copy Share Image
Every age requires a new approach to the Qur’an for the simple reason that the Quran is made for all ages. It… — Muhammad Asad Copy Share Image
“the most striking thing about him to the modern reader is that here was a devout Muslim who constantly made jokes about… — Simon Sebag Montefiore 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
The awful atrocities of religion happened when people assume that God shares your likes and dislikes. The Crusaders when into battle to… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself to be a crusader of any sort. I was bystander to a certain number of newspaper crusades. They… — David Simon Copy Share Image
“In [the] early days, Muslims did not see Islam as a new, exclusive religion but as a continuation of the primordial faith… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
“Fakir Azizuddin. He was one of the ablest and certainly the most honest of all Ranjit Singh's courtiers. Azizuddin was of so… — Lepel H. Griffin Copy Share Image
“Yet Najran was divided. Those in favor of accepting Islam argued that Muhammad was clearly the Paraclete or Comforter whose arrival Jesus… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“There is only one speaker throughout: Allah himself (although there are a few exceptions that bedevil Koranic commentators to this day). Because… — Robert Spencer Copy Share Image
“Bible vs. Koran “Therefore, when ye meet the unbelievers in fight, smite at their necks; at length, when ye have thoroughly subdued… — Robert Spencer Copy Share Image
Muhammad professed to derive from Heaven, and he has inserted in the Koran, not only a body of religious doctrines, but political… — Alexis de Tocqueville 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
“Many critics of the Crusades would seem to suppose that after the Muslims had overrun a major portion of Christendom, they should… — Rodney Stark Copy Share Image