In the 20th century, the Muslim world created a vision of religious nationalism. Turkey, for example, had to be ethnically Turkish. Kurds, Armenians, other minorities didn't have a place in such a vision of a nation-state. — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
I read, read enormously on all different fields of Islamic thought, from philosophy to Islamic literature, poetry, exegeses, knowledge of the Hadith, the teachings of the prophet. That's how I trained myself. And then I was appointed imam by a… — 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, by the first African-American president that we have. Obama's father was a Muslim and people have used this to arouse hostility against him. — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share
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 to speak the truth. We've got to have justice for everybody. We're a country of justice for all, not justice for non-Muslims only or some groups and not for others. — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share
Yusuf Qaradawi is probably the most well-known legal authority in the whole Muslim world today. — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
