I do not believe there is an atheist in the world who would bulldoze Mecca-or Chartres, York Minster or Notre Dame, the… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
There is one Islam, unreformed, but three sets of Muslims. Medina, Mecca, and. Dissidents, reformers, whatever you want to call them. The… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
I'd love to go and visit the Mosque in Mecca again, just for the sheer beauty of it, not for God -… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
You know, I never really paid attention to sports, which, coming from the mecca of football in Texas, is kind of odd.… — Sarah Shahi Copy Share Image
There are over 1.5 billion Muslims throughout the world, starting from Mecca in the desert from one person. What made them successful?… — Demba Ba Copy Share Image
Faith is universal. Our specific methods for understanding it are arbitrary. Some of us pray to Jesus, some of us go to… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
Chicago still remains a Mecca of the Midwest - people from both coasts are kind of amazed how good life is in… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
Cardinal Dolan, of course, has a very, very hard job: trying to hold up Catholic family values in sexually liberal New York… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
So that, were it the purpose of God to produce comets as signs of his wrath it would be true to say… — Pierre Bayle Copy Share Image
When I was growing up I used to think that the best thing about coming from Des Moines was that it meant… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“During his hajj, Malcolm [Malcolm X] fell into a new Islam with the same blind faith that he had given to Elijah.… — Michael Muhammad Knight Copy Share Image
The only real source of historical information about pre-Islamic Mecca and the circumstances of the Koran's revelation is the classical Islamic story… — Toby Lester Copy Share Image
Far from being the father of jihad, [Prophet] Mohammad was a peacemaker, who risked his life and nearly lost the loyalty of… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
I grew up in Honolulu. It's not the ballet cultural mecca by any stretch of the imagination. People are much more familiar… — Joan Chen Copy Share Image
It's quite literally true that we are star dust, in the highest exalted way one can use that phrase. ...I bask in… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
To me, theater is the mecca; if you really love to act, that's where it's the most fun, by a long shot. — Scott Caan Copy Share Image
“Har Haji yek jour Makeh miravad—Every pilgrim goes to Mecca his own way.” — Dalia Sofer Copy Share Image
“Hell, he might be Mecca’s son. Lord knows Leena popped that thang for both of them,” — Ashley Antoinette Copy Share Image
There is nothing surprising in a Muslim or a Pathan like me subscribing to the creed of nonviolence. It is not a… — Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Copy Share Image
No golfers journey is complete without a pilgrimage to St. Andrews, the mecca of the game. This is where it all began,… — Alex Shoumatoff Copy Share Image
The American Negro never can be blamed for his racial animosities - he is only reacting to four hundred years of the… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Kodokan is, to a large degree, a trendsetter in the sport. This school trained outstanding masters and is a kind of Mecca… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Disney World has acquired by now something of the air of a national shrine. American parents who don't take their children there… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share Image
The television anchorman Dan Rather turns up in rag-top native drag in Afghanistan, the surrogate of our culture with his camera crew,… — Lance Morrow Copy Share Image
Coming to another hockey Mecca like Toronto makes you a better coach. I want to have fun again. I want to make… — Pat Burns Copy Share Image
“Those dogs of the hajj go to Mecca to pray when they don't possess even the decency or generosity of spirit to… — Yousef Al-Mohaimeed Copy Share Image
“He shook his head, but I kept flattering him, telling him how fine his beard was, how fair his skin was (ha!),… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
During the past eleven days here in the Muslim world, I have eaten from the same plate, drunk from the same glass,… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Most people who read the autobiography perceive the narrative as a story that now millions of people know, and it was -… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
My mother has been to Mecca to perform her hajj; my dad hasn't. I come from a very liberal family, so even… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“Praise be to Allah, who revealed the Book, controls the clouds, defeats factionalism, and says in His Book: 'But when the forbidden… — Osama bin Laden Copy Share Image
In middle school, my friends decided I was weird, and they didn’t like my hair. They ditched me and talked behind my… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
If Islam opposes terrorism, then Saudi Arabia should announce that no one supportive of ISIS or Al Qaeda is welcome in Mecca… — Bob Enyart Copy Share Image
We were truly all the same (brothers) - because their belief in one God had removed the white from their minds, the… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
![“During his hajj, Malcolm [Malcolm X] fell into a new Islam with the same blind faith that he had given to Elijah. Since he lived just a year after his hajj, Mecca became the neatly presented and cinema-friendly conclusion to his lifelong thread of transformations: but he finally found the Truth…” quote by Michael Muhammad Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b55/michael-muhammad-knight-25566_blind-faith_during-his-hajj-malcolm-malcolm-x-fell-i_988413.jpg)
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![“In middle school, my friends decided I was weird, and they didn’t like my hair. They ditched me and talked behind my back, which is cool — I’m over it. [laughs] One time I called them and said, “Hey, do you want to go to the Berkshire Mall?” They all gave me excuses and said no. So I go to the…” quote by Taylor Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d86/taylor-swift-125_behind-my-back_in-middle-school-my-friends-decided-i-wa_2602167.jpg)
