Hamza Yusuf

I think that the idea of a war on an abstract noun is unacceptable.

— Hamza Yusuf

People can't think when their minds are clouded with fear.

— Hamza Yusuf

Islam was hijacked on that September 11, 2001, on that plane, as an innocent victim.

— Hamza Yusuf

If Islam is not making you happy, then something is wrong with your Islam

— Hamza Yusuf

Where you don't have people who have strong intellectual capacity, you get demagoguery.

— Hamza Yusuf

Reality of things is hidden in the realm of the unseen

— Hamza Yusuf

Why do we need to justify God's existence? He exists. We need to justify our own existence.

— Hamza Yusuf

Palestine is the issue, and until this issue is resolved, there can be no peace.

— Hamza Yusuf

America has an immense amount of power, but it doesn't use it in any benevolent way. It uses it to maintain a…

— Hamza Yusuf

I would rather live as a Muslim in the West than in most of the Muslim countries, because I think the way…

— Hamza Yusuf

Practice makes permanent, not perfect. If you practice the wrong thing, you make the wrong act permanent.

— Hamza Yusuf

Everyone’s a believer when things are going fine. The real faith is when one becomes patient with tribulations.

— Hamza Yusuf

People have to be exposed to Muslims, just experience Muslims; talk to them. Reach out, read about Islam, try to find out…

— Hamza Yusuf

Islam is based on naql (texts) and ‘aql (intellect). Some people just have the texts – we call them naql-heads.

— Hamza Yusuf

Allah knows exactly what to give you to help you return to Him. The events in your life are purposeful, appropriate & non-random.

— Hamza Yusuf

Many people in the West do not realise how oppressive some Muslim states are - both for men and for women. This…

— Hamza Yusuf

For believers, both privilege and privation are a trial, and both demand responses: one demands service, and the other demands patience. The…

— Hamza Yusuf

There's a statement in the Quran: There should be "absolutely no compulsion in religion."

— Hamza Yusuf

I've said some things about other religions that I regret now. I think they were incorrect.

— Hamza Yusuf

We are in a waking dream... We see worlds where others scheme...

— Hamza Yusuf

My experience on this planet is that if you treat people with respect, they tend to treat you with respect.

— Hamza Yusuf

The fear tactic is a tactic that's used by people who want to maintain control, and it's very effective.

— Hamza Yusuf

There are many ways to be hungry. One can hunger for love, or fame or social justice, but hunger for food seems…

— Hamza Yusuf

Whatever is for the sake of Allah will go on and continue. Whatever is for other than Allah, it will end and…

— Hamza Yusuf

The thing I love most about going to a book store is the self-help section is the biggest section because Americans know…

— Hamza Yusuf

There are irrational fears. If you see a woman wearing a hijab and fear is your first thought, something's really wrong.

— Hamza Yusuf

In the Communist period, the revolutionaries, the leaders were almost always - Che Guevara, people like that - they were always from…

— Hamza Yusuf

“The felicities one is the one who learns by the tribulation of others and does not learn through his tribulation.”

— Hamza Yusuf

I really believe that carpet-bombing, bombing civilian populations, is a form of terror - it's state terror as opposed to vigilante terrorism.

— Hamza Yusuf

I think the Hajj tends to reflect the state of the Ummah. That's one of the things about the Hajj is that…

— Hamza Yusuf

For young people, if someone tells you: you are the future - say No! I'm the present. You have things to do…

— Hamza Yusuf

I can't - and won't - impose my beliefs on others, either verbally or otherwise. I'm not going to judge people.

— Hamza Yusuf

You can condemn and criticize religion... all those things are fine, but you can't mock and disrespect people.

— Hamza Yusuf

Much to the chagrin of the staunchly secular among us, religion shows no sign of going away. Predictions of the demise of…

— Hamza Yusuf

A lot of our leadership has become acutely aware of speaking more fairly, of speaking more balanced, of recognizing that hate speech…

— Hamza Yusuf

We Muslims in the West, like Jews before us, grapple with the same issues that Jews of the past did: integration or…

— Hamza Yusuf

Call on your Lord when your heart is brittle, that is a time when it's in pieces and the Light of Allah…

— Hamza Yusuf

Opinion is not knowledge. You're entitled to your own opinion but you're not entitled to your own facts.

— Hamza Yusuf

I definitely have sympathy for people who are struggling. I've met with young Muslims who have told me about their struggles.

— Hamza Yusuf

There are 20,000 Muslim physicians in the United States, Americans putting their lives in the hands of Muslims every day.

— Hamza Yusuf