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“As we have seen in the data, resentment against the West comes from what Muslims perceive as the West's hatred and denigration of Islam;…

— John L. Esposito

“The idea of a licentious West that many Arabs hold today closely mirrors the view that Europeans had of the Middle East a couple…

— Brian Whitaker

Polls show that Arabs admire a lot of the Western values, cultural aspects in the West. It is more about policies than about way…

— Queen Rania of Jordan

In the West, you have always associated the Islamic faith 100 percent with Arab culture. This in itself is a fundamentalist attitude and it…

— Youssou N'Dour

Ever since I was a kid and growing up and watching things like the 'Naked Gun' movies, there was always this stereotype about how…

— Sami Zayn

By imitating the manners and the mode of life of the West,the Muslims are being gradually forced to adopt the Western moral outlook: for…

— Muhammad Asad

“It seems clear that the Arab East still sees the West as a natural enemy. Against that enemy, any hostile action-be it political, military,…

— Amin Maalouf

Films, media, educational system and arts portray Muslims in a racist and negative way. The more interesting question is who is behind these images.

— Ilan Pappe

The entrenched beliefs many westerners profess about Islam often reveal more about the West than they do about Islam or Muslims.

— Hamza Yusuf

I like to question cultural biases wherever I go, and I question Islamophobia as much as I question anti-western sentiment because I think all…

— Elif Safak

“From the eighth or ninth centuries, Muslim Arabs have been politically dominant in the Islamic world and have grown accustomed to that position; the…

— Benny Morris

When I was in the US, I felt that the discourse there surrounding Muslims as the other, problematising Muslims and Islam as the other…

— Reza Aslan