Abu Bakar Bashir

The only model to follow is pure Islam.

— Abu Bakar Bashir

Islam is fixed, stable, ordered and disciplined, and so are Muslims.

— Abu Bakar Bashir

If the West wants to have peace, then they have to accept Islamic rule.

— Abu Bakar Bashir

Oil wealth has been a curse on us, made us weak and docile.

— Abu Bakar Bashir

Why should we use the Dollar even when we trade among ourselves?

— Abu Bakar Bashir

What use is revelation or religion if it doesnt change anything?

— Abu Bakar Bashir

What honour have we got left, when nobody is listening to us?

— Abu Bakar Bashir

This is why I have always said that it would be better if Muslims were poor.

— Abu Bakar Bashir

Muslims must believe that all power, success and victory comes from God alone.

— Abu Bakar Bashir

Today the Western powers and media want to domesticate us like sheep, to keep us tame and domesticated.

— Abu Bakar Bashir

As long as Muslims were confident they could not be defeated, but now we are just puppets.

— Abu Bakar Bashir

Jihad should be waged in places where there is war. Bombings in places where there is no war is not a good…

— Abu Bakar Bashir

But the weakness comes from these Westernised co-opted Muslim leaders who just want to look good in the eyes of the West…

— Abu Bakar Bashir

The Prophet defeated the enemies of Islam even when he and his followers were small in number.

— Abu Bakar Bashir

We swear by the Quran and Sunnah, and we will not compromise with any infidel... Islam is the truth and all else…

— Abu Bakar Bashir

We should be proud that our Prophet came into the world with the message of Islam to change it for the better,…

— Abu Bakar Bashir

We have shown that Islam can rule the world perfectly for 14 centuries, and during this time of Muslim power we did…

— Abu Bakar Bashir

You are right, but the weakness does not come from the millions of Muslims in the world. They do not mind being…

— Abu Bakar Bashir

So we want an Islamic state where Islamic law is not just in the books but enforced, and enforced with determination. There…

— Abu Bakar Bashir

Arab leaders worry more about making money from the profits they get from oil and gas that they turn the other way…

— Abu Bakar Bashir

But the West is trying to weaken Islam from outside and inside. They attack our people and invade our countries from outside,…

— Abu Bakar Bashir

Our Prophet was a radical too- he fought against the injustices of his community and challenged the feudal order of his society,…

— Abu Bakar Bashir

The Muslim leaders swallow the advice of the Western powers and bodies like the IMF and World Bank, even when it is…

— Abu Bakar Bashir

If my children do not behave according to Islam, if they do not pray for instance, I will punish them.

— Abu Bakar Bashir

Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.

— Abu Bakar Bashir

Because Islam in its original form was tough and hard, not weak and pliable.

— Abu Bakar Bashir

Islam is perfect, there is nothing to be added or changed.

— Abu Bakar Bashir

Islam's laws are fixed and that is why Islam is stable.

— Abu Bakar Bashir

But the leaders of the OIC could not even accept Mahathir's proposal, yet they talk about respect and honour.

— Abu Bakar Bashir

There is not a single Muslim leader today who has the courage and commitment to defend Islam and Muslims, they are all…

— Abu Bakar Bashir

Look at the Afghans, during the time of the Soviet invasion. They were among the poorest Muslims in the world, yet they…

— Abu Bakar Bashir

Likewise the leader of any state has to do the same, he has to enforce Shariah firmly, for he will be held…

— Abu Bakar Bashir

The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower.

— Abu Bakar Bashir

They are scared that the BBC or CNN may call them radicals, so they remain soft instead. The problem lies there, with…

— Abu Bakar Bashir