I know that people can live celibate lives. I did it myself for many years. — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
Where you don't have people who have strong intellectual capacity, you get demagoguery. — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
My experience on this planet is that if you treat people with respect, they tend to treat you with respect. — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
Many people in the West do not realise how oppressive some Muslim states are - both for men and for women. This… — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
Islam is based on naql (texts) and ‘aql (intellect). Some people just have the texts – we call them naql-heads. — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
People have to be exposed to Muslims, just experience Muslims; talk to them. Reach out, read about Islam, try to find out… — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
We must assert to the Abrahamic people that we are the last extension of the Abrahamic religion... There is no such thing… — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
Americans are generally decent and fair people with a commitment to sense, but some of us, swept up by our passions, wade… — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
Muslims are peace-loving people generally. Among the young, yes, there are some militant attitudes. But a lot of it arises out of… — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
I definitely have sympathy for people who are struggling. I've met with young Muslims who have told me about their struggles. — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
A democracy is predicated on an educated citizenry. You cannot have a democracy with people that are more interested in what Nicole… — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
We live in the age of Noah (a.s.) in the sense that a flood of distraction accosts us. It is a slow… — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
Muslims have been an almost entirely benevolent force in the 20th century. They did not wreak the havoc the Western powers wreaked… — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
To be aware of others' accomplishments and the indebtedness we have to so many people is to appreciate and begin to respect… — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
I don't have any control over what other people do, and they don't represent me or my faith. — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
I can't - and won't - impose my beliefs on others, either verbally or otherwise. I'm not going to judge people. — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
You can condemn and criticize religion... all those things are fine, but you can't mock and disrespect people. — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
People of the world will reject your reminders, because it reminds them that this world is temporary. — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
For young people, if someone tells you: you are the future - say No! I'm the present. You have things to do… — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
The fear tactic is a tactic that's used by people who want to maintain control, and it's very effective. — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
Intelligent people surround themselves with people who challenge them, not yes people. — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
The acquisition of knowledge - knowledge of both the world and of their own religion - will inoculate young people against extremist… — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
In the Communist period, the revolutionaries, the leaders were almost always - Che Guevara, people like that - they were always from… — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
Language is the crowning achievement of human beings, and that is something Muslims have always known and revered. We are a literate… — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
We must assert to the Abrahamic people that we are the last extension of the Abrahamic religion... There is no such thing as an… — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
September 11 was a wake-up call to me. I don't want to contribute to the hate in any shape or form. I now regret… — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
Islam is based on naql (texts) and ‘aql (intellect). Some people just have the texts – we call them naql-heads. — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
The entrenched beliefs many westerners profess about Islam often reveal more about the West than they do about Islam or Muslims. — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
“In essence, what is forbidden to do is likewise forbidden as an object of reflection. Included in this is thinking about the weaknesses or… — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
I don't align myself with the West of the Muslim world. I align myself with what I perceive to be just and in accordance… — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
Religion is here to unite us. It's not here to divide us. If it's dividing us, it's not God's religion, it's something else. — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
For young people, if someone tells you: you are the future - say No! I'm the present. You have things to do right now. — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
I would rather live as a Muslim in the West than in most of the Muslim countries, because I think the way Muslims are… — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
We live in the age of Noah (a.s.) in the sense that a flood of distraction accosts us. It is a slow and subtle… — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
