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… — 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… — Eboo Patel Copy Share Image
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.… — Eboo Patel Copy Share Image
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
I thought about the meaning of pluralism in a world where the forces that seek to divide us are strong. I came to one… — Eboo Patel Copy Share Image
Too many people think that the faith line divides Muslims and Christians or Jews and Hindus, or just to say that there is this… — Eboo Patel Copy Share Image
A social entrepreneur is somebody who knows how to make an idea reality. — Eboo Patel Copy Share Image
