Church Quote by Feisal Abdul Rauf

We would also like you to know that the Church recognizes the riches of the Islamic faith - a faith that binds us to…

— Pope Paul VI

“An Islamic university...structure is different from a Western University; [its] conception of what constitutes knowledge is different from what Western philosophers set forth as…

— Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas

I think we need to think about Islamic tradition as a way of asking questions that cut across (and transgress) the assumptions of a…

— Talal Asad

Speaking as a Muslim in the West, I see a crisis in religious authority, we need Indigenous Muslim scholarship understanding the Western way of…

— Mark Durie

“If anything, the genesis of colleges in the Islamic world seems to have been a way to organise those scholars who were opposed to…

— Ehsan Masood

“In the Islamic world itself also there is a great crisis in he modern established universities precisely because the systems from the West have…

— Seyyed Hossein Nasr

Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be; and a University training is the one best adapted…

— Samuel Butler

In Islam, there is no priesthood and each person stands before God, like in the daily prayers, without an intermediary. That's in contrast to…

— Seyyed Hossein Nasr

“Islam’s all about knowledge, right? Muslims know everything. We seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave. We seek knowledge even if it be…

— Michael Muhammad Knight

Islam is probably the one that places the greatest emphasis on knowledge. The purpose is to understand God's creation.

— Aga Khan IV

I've been no-platformed from every university with a strong Islamic faith community.

— Katie Hopkins

Islamic tradition is full of examples of supporting the autonomy of women and the empowerment of women. Very few people know that in Islamic…

— Khaled Abou El Fadl