My favorite single line from the Qur’an is from Surah 49:13, which says that God made us different nations and tribes that we may come to know one another, in the sense that diversity is holy and it was created… — Eboo Patel Copy Share Image
Finding Mecca in America weaves social theory and concrete ethnography into a significant contribution on Muslims in the United States, illuminating broader questions about… — Eboo Patel Copy Share Image
I think that we live in a remarkably networked world. The problem with that, of course, is that tensions can travel in nanoseconds across… — Eboo Patel Copy Share Image
“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… — Eboo Patel Copy Share
We have to build bridges that are stronger than the bombs that other people might throw — Eboo Patel Copy Share Image
Religious pluralism is neither mere coexistence nor forced consensus. It is a form of proactive cooperation that affirms the identity of the constituent communities… — Eboo Patel Copy Share Image
“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… — Eboo Patel Copy Share Image
A social entrepreneur is somebody who knows how to make an idea reality, and one of the great ideas of our time is pluralism. Can people from different backgrounds live together in mutual peace and loyalty? And what we need is a generation of young social entrepreneurs who know how to make that great idea reality in an historical moment… — Eboo Patel Copy Share
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… — Eboo Patel Copy Share Image
To see the other side, to defend another people, not despite your tradition but because of it, is the heart of pluralism — Eboo Patel Copy Share Image
When thousands of people discover that their story is also someone else's story, they have the chance to write a new story together. — Eboo Patel Copy Share Image
Religious extremists want to show us that the only possibility is for us to kill each other, so September 11 is not only heinous… — Eboo Patel Copy Share Image
I as a Muslim believe deeply in the differences that are within Islam. But I also take seriously the idea that we have to… — Eboo Patel Copy Share Image
