"Sufis teach that we first must battle and……" — Feisal Abdul Rauf
"Sufis teach that we first must battle and destroy the evil within ourselves by shining upon it the good within, and then we learn to battle the evil in others by helping their higher selves gain control of their lower selves."
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Feisal Abdul Rauf
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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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In the 20th century, the Muslim world created a vision of religious nationalism. Turkey, for example, had to be ethnically…
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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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