Authority Quote by Asma Jahangir

In many parts of the Islamic world, secular forces, where they exist, tend to be so unsure of themselves, so lacking in self-confidence, that…

— Tariq Ali

There's a sense of being under siege in many Muslim communities. People just assume there are agents or informants in their mosque now. It's…

— Ibrahim Hooper

There was a good moment in Islam when people were actually challenging authority at every level. Very different from the world we live in.

— Tariq Ali

The Islamic State has proven that terrorists can seize and deploy modern military equipment on lesser-armed opponents.

— Pete Hoekstra

Islamist groups have gained influence at local and national level by playing the politics of identity and demanding for Muslims the 'right to be…

— Munira Mirza

American wars in Muslim countries created some extremists and inflamed many more while producing a security vacuum that allowed them to wreak mayhem.

— George Packer

The driving force behind today's terrorist threat is Islamist fundamentalism. The struggle we are engaged in is, at root, ideological. During the last century…

— David Cameron

European Muslims need to feel ownership of security, rather than viewing the police as an occupying army.

— David Ignatius

By using power, money, fraud, the enemy is interested in gaining control over the world of Islam.

— Mohammed Emami-Kashani

If we cling to the institution of Islam, then we tend to defend it against whatever we see as a danger to it, so…

— Abdurrahman Wahid

The fact that wealthy people or people from privileged backgrounds may wind up in a violent terrorist organization is not new.

— Lowell Bergman

The feeling I got from my research is that the victims of bombings end up becoming as alienated from the government as the terrorists…

— Karan Mahajan