Belief Quote by Asghar Ali Engineer

I don't quite comprehend why you'd force someone to bow when the purpose of the gesture is to display allegiance and respect.

— Sarah J. Maas

“Wishful thinking about the peaceful tolerance of Islam cannot interpret away this reality: hands are still cut off, women still stoned and enslaved, just…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Bowing is a very serious practice. You should be prepared to bow, even in your last moment. even though it is impossible to get…

— Shunryu Suzuki

I know that you are a stone, you do not cause benefit or harm; and if it were not that I had seen Allâh’s…

— Umar

The hajj is one of the five essential practices of Islam; when they make the pilgrimage to Mecca, Muslims ritually act out the central…

— Karen Armstrong

We are all descended from cavemen who broke the skulls of their enemies with rocks for fun or profit. But that hardly mitigates the…

— Jonah Goldberg

The true object of religion is to bind mankind together, and to bind them all to God. If we see that in the name…

— Keshub Chandra Sen

I do not bow. I do not obey. I do not 'worship.'

— Brendan Myers

Before and after practicing Judo or engaging in a match, opponents bow to each other. Bowing is an expression of gratitude and respect. In…

— Kano Jigoro

There is no doubt in the sanctity of Mecca, but a donkey won't become a Hajj pilgrim by just going through the motions.

— Rahman Baba

But, as sculpture and painting are gifts of God, what I insist on is, that both shall be used purely and lawfully, that gifts…

— John Calvin

A child might be made to bow every time he met a certain person by pressure on his neck muscles, and bowing would finally…

— John Dewey