“In Pakistan both branches [of the Ahmadis] fell to persecutions, sanction by the state in 1984 with General Zia Ul-Haq's Ordinance XX, which forbade Ahmadis of either branch from calling themselves Muslims, their religion Islam, or their temples mosques. Under… — Michael Muhammad Knight Copy Share Image
“I'm a spiritual person, she said. "I believe in Allah, you know, though I don't always call It 'Allah' and I pray the way I want to pray. Sometimes I just look out at the stars and this love-fear thing comes over me, you know? And sometimes I might sit in a Christian church listening to them talk about Isa… — Michael Muhammad Knight Copy Share
“For every culture-hero living out his myth, there must be a witness willing to pass the story on. Then” — Michael Muhammad Knight Copy Share Image
“People say that America has no religion, but it's the opposite: America has every religion, all the old ones, and produces more new ones… — Michael Muhammad Knight Copy Share Image
“One thing was for sure: I had no interest in questioning whether Islam was inherently a religion of peace or one of war, whether… — Michael Muhammad Knight 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… — Michael Muhammad Knight Copy Share Image
“I remembered the malangs of Shah Jamal, the dirty, shirtless renouncers with ratty beards and dreads and bare chests covered in necklaces of prayer… — Michael Muhammad Knight Copy Share Image
Allah is too big and open for my deen to be small and closed. — Michael Muhammad Knight Copy Share Image
If Allah wants to send me a message, he'll do so on the faces of my brothers and sisters. — Michael Muhammad Knight Copy Share Image
“Religion is like an art gallery. One painting will speak to you more than another, and there's no need to explain or defend your… — Michael Muhammad Knight Copy Share Image
“A Muslim just follows Allah. Sunni-Shiah? That's farga, the groups—Allah discourages this in the Quran, you know, never ever form the groups.” — Michael Muhammad Knight Copy Share Image
“Radicals have value, at least; they can move the center. On a scale of 1 to 5, 3 is moderate, 1 and 5 the… — Michael Muhammad Knight Copy Share Image
![“In Pakistan both branches [of the Ahmadis] fell to persecutions, sanction by the state in 1984 with General Zia Ul-Haq's Ordinance XX, which forbade Ahmadis of either branch from calling themselves Muslims, their religion Islam, or their temples mosques. Under penalty of law, they could not…” quote by Michael Muhammad Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2de/michael-muhammad-knight-25566_ahmadiyya_in-pakistan-both-branches-of-the-ahmadis_2759439.jpg)
![“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)
