The jamaat was an almost silly mish-mash of people: Rude Dawud’s pork-pie hat poking up here, a jalab-and-turban there, Jehangir’s big Mohawk rising from a sea of kufis, Amazing Ayyub still with no shirt, girls scattered throughout – some in… — Michael Muhammad Knight Copy Share Image
If Islam was to be saved, it would be saved by the crazy ones. — 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… — Michael Muhammad Knight Copy Share Image
“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
![“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)
