--- title: "1 Mother Responded Quotes By Eboo Patel" description: "1 Mother Responded quotes by Eboo Patel. Plus more from Eboo Patel and more Mother Responded sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/276/eboo-patel-20781_christianity_in-one-of-the-moments-when-my-father-was_236093.png" --- > [“In one of the moments when my father was feeling especially righteous about his “Muslim-ness,” I overheard him expressing concern to my mother that the YMCA, which was after all the Young Men’s Christian Association, was teaching us Christian songs.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eboo-patel/in-one-of-the-moments-when-my-father-was-feeling-especially-righteous/) [Eboo Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eboo-patel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/276/eboo-patel-20781_christianity_in-one-of-the-moments-when-my-father-was_236093.png) ## More by Eboo Patel > [Finding Mecca in America weaves social theory and concrete ethnography into a significant contribution on Muslims in the United States, illuminating broader questions about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eboo-patel/finding-mecca-in-america-weaves-social-theory-and-concrete/) [Eboo Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eboo-patel/) > [I think that we live in a remarkably networked world. The problem with that, of course, is that tensions can travel in nanoseconds across…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eboo-patel/i-think-that-we-live-in-a-remarkably-networked-world-the-problem-with/) [Eboo Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eboo-patel/) > [“In one of the moments when my father was feeling especially righteous about his “Muslim-ness,” I overheard him expressing concern to my mother that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eboo-patel/in-one-of-the-moments-when-my-father-was-feeling-especially-righteous/) [Eboo Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eboo-patel/) > [We have to build bridges that are stronger than the bombs that other people might throw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eboo-patel/we-have-to-build-bridges-that-are-stronger-than-the-bombs-that-other/) [Eboo Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eboo-patel/) > [Religious pluralism is neither mere coexistence nor forced consensus. It is a form of proactive cooperation that affirms the identity of the constituent communities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eboo-patel/religious-pluralism-is-neither-mere-coexistence-nor-forced-consensus/) [Eboo Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eboo-patel/) > [“I realized that it was precisely because of America’s glaring imperfections that I should seek to participate in its progress, carve a place in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eboo-patel/i-realized-that-it-was-precisely-because-of-america-s-glaring/) [Eboo Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eboo-patel/) > [A social entrepreneur is somebody who knows how to make an idea reality, and one of the great ideas of our time is pluralism.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eboo-patel/a-social-entrepreneur-is-somebody-who-knows-how-to-make-an-idea/) [Eboo Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eboo-patel/) > [Show me a religion that doesn't care about compassion. Show me a religion that doesn't care about stewardship of the environment. Show me a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eboo-patel/show-me-a-religion-that-doesn-t-care-about-compassion-show-me-a/) [Eboo Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eboo-patel/) > [To see the other side, to defend another people, not despite your tradition but because of it, is the heart of pluralism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eboo-patel/to-see-the-other-side-to-defend-another-people-not-despite-your/) [Eboo Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eboo-patel/) > [When thousands of people discover that their story is also someone else's story, they have the chance to write a new story together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eboo-patel/when-thousands-of-people-discover-that-their-story-is-also-someone/) [Eboo Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eboo-patel/) > [Religious extremists want to show us that the only possibility is for us to kill each other, so September 11 is not only heinous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eboo-patel/religious-extremists-want-to-show-us-that-the-only-possibility-is-for/) [Eboo Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eboo-patel/) > [I as a Muslim believe deeply in the differences that are within Islam. But I also take seriously the idea that we have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eboo-patel/i-as-a-muslim-believe-deeply-in-the-differences-that-are-within-islam/) [Eboo Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eboo-patel/) > [I thought about the meaning of pluralism in a world where the forces that seek to divide us are strong. I came to one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eboo-patel/i-thought-about-the-meaning-of-pluralism-in-a-world-where-the-forces/) [Eboo Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eboo-patel/) > [Too many people think that the faith line divides Muslims and Christians or Jews and Hindus, or just to say that there is this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eboo-patel/too-many-people-think-that-the-faith-line-divides-muslims-and/) [Eboo Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eboo-patel/) > [A social entrepreneur is somebody who knows how to make an idea reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eboo-patel/a-social-entrepreneur-is-somebody-who-knows-how-to-make-an-idea-2/) [Eboo Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eboo-patel/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mother-responded/eboo-patel/#itemlist", "name": "1 Mother Responded Quotes By Eboo Patel", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“In one of the moments when my father was feeling especially righteous about his “Muslim-ness,” I overheard him expressing concern to my mother that the YMCA, which was after all the Young Men’s Christian Association, was teaching us Christian songs. “Do you think they are trying to teach Christianity to our kids?” he asked, the tone of his voice a kind of auditory chest thumping. “I hope so,” my mother responded. “I hope they teach the kids Jewish and Hindu songs, too. 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