"In the 20th century, the Muslim world created……" — Feisal Abdul Rauf
"In the 20th century, the Muslim world created a vision of religious nationalism. Turkey, for example, had to be ethnically Turkish. Kurds, Armenians, other minorities didn't have a place in such a vision of a nation-state."
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51 Quotes by Feisal Abdul Rauf
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I have never made a threat. I've never made a threat, never expressed a threat, never - I've never -…
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One of the misperceptions that exists in the Muslim world, which needs to be fixed, is the perception that Muslims…
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The battleground has been moderates of all faith traditions in all the countries of the world against the radicals of…
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The sources of human problems have to do with egotism, ‘I.’
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A kind of racism still exists in the United States, and Islamophobia is a more convenient way to express that…
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I am an American citizen born in Kuwait of Egyptian parents. I grew up in Great Britain, Malaysia, and Egypt…
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I read, read enormously on all different fields of Islamic thought, from philosophy to Islamic literature, poetry, exegeses, knowledge of…
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I was completely surrounded by religion from a young time. I was taught by my father. I engaged in discussions…
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I worked as a teacher in the public school system in New York City for several years, and I was…
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I've spoken with friends who are rabbis and priests and we've agreed that most people have an emotional attachment to…
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It is part of my responsibility as a bridge builder to speak the truth about what's great about America, what…
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Staying chaste until marriage, a commandment of my faith, was one of the most difficult challenges of my young life.…
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