Quote by Mustafa Akyol

Muslim societies must leave behind these dual aspects: secularism/Islamism.

— Tariq Ramadan

In the early centuries of Islam, the great schools of Islamic jurisprudence were built upon the above principles. Basic to all their legal systems…

— Aly Khan

“‎"The indictment [the Western/modern question, 'Why be moral?'] also issued from a gross underrating of the 'moral' force that was regarded within the Islamic…

— Wael B. Hallaq

“was a watershed event, establishing a utilitarian morality that runs through Islamic theology: anything that benefits Muslims and Islam is good, and anything that…

— Robert Spencer

Today's Islamic fundamentalism is also a cover for political motifs. We should not overlook the political motifs we encounter in forms of religious fanaticism

— Jurgen Habermas

“As Islamic liberalism waned, and resistance arose against the West and its influence, that very resistance started to replace genuine religiosity as the basis…

— Mustafa Akyol

“Liberal politics are incompatible with . . . a [religious] community, unless it is further believed that the individual members of the community have…

— Mustafa Akyol

“One of these was the perception that the Tanzimat had not tried to find compromise between the Islamic heritage and the European reforms and…

— Charles River Editors

It is recorded how towards the end of the eighteenth century a Muslim visitor to England was taken to see the House of Commons…

— Margaret Thatcher

Islam is not a set of rules. It’s a way of seeing life and the world.

— Nouman Ali Khan

The first rules about Islamic law weren't even written down for a century and a half after the Prophet's death, and it was another…

— Sadakat Kadri

There is the enormous corpus of Islamic law that is very rich. However, law is one rational exercise of reason. Philosophy is very different.…

— Francis George