“...Religious wars have never produced the downfall of any religion.” — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
Staying chaste until marriage, a commandment of my faith, was one of the most difficult challenges of my young life. I had… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
One of the misperceptions that exists in the Muslim world, which needs to be fixed, is the perception that Muslims in America… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
Koran says whoever believes in God in the last day shall be saved. It is a religion whose very name, Islam, comes… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
The truth is that killing innocent people is always wrong - and no argument or excuse, no matter how deeply believed, can… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
When I arrived in America, I experienced serious culture shock. For someone with a religious upbringing, the 1960s were an extremely difficult… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
There are always people who will - who will do peculiar things and think that they are doing things in the name… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
Religion is defined by the relationship between God and man. And Islam is the submission and the acknowledgment of the human being… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
In the 20th century, the Muslim world created a vision of religious nationalism. Turkey, for example, had to be ethnically Turkish. Kurds,… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
We are not going to toy with our religion or any other. Nor are we going to barter. We are here to… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
The battleground has been moderates of all faith traditions in all the countries of the world against the radicals of all faith… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
I've spoken with friends who are rabbis and priests and we've agreed that most people have an emotional attachment to their faith,… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
I was completely surrounded by religion from a young time. I was taught by my father. I engaged in discussions with him… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
“...Religious wars have never produced the downfall of any religion.” — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
Staying chaste until marriage, a commandment of my faith, was one of the most difficult challenges of my young life. I had a powerful… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
Sufis teach that we first must battle and destroy the evil within ourselves by shining upon it the good within, and then we learn… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
In spite of the polls, the fact is that American Muslims are very happy and they thrive in this country. — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
I have never made a threat. I've never made a threat, never expressed a threat, never - I've never - I would never threaten… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
Any organization or any individual that targets civilians and kills them for political agenda is a terrorist organization. — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
We are Americans. We - we - we are - we are doctors. We are investment bankers. We are taxi drivers. We are store… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
One of the misperceptions that exists in the Muslim world, which needs to be fixed, is the perception that Muslims in America are -… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
There are individuals who are working very hard to promote fear and antagonism towards Islam and Muslims in this country. It's fueled, in part,… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
We've got to be fair. You can't say a place that has strip joints is sacred ground. We've got to be just. We've got… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
Yusuf Qaradawi is probably the most well-known legal authority in the whole Muslim world today. — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image