Islam Quote by Nabeel Qureshi

Muslims have their own traditions. The important point to bear in mind is that the whole Muslim tradition is totally and unequivocally opposed to…

— Bernard Lewis

“The people the Quran describes have a deep and sophisticated knowledge of the Biblical Tradition.”

— Tom Holland

“The laws of the Islamic state would be derived first from the Koran. But since only about six hundred of its six thousand verses…

— Geraldine Brooks

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

— Nouman Ali Khan

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

Belief in one god, praying, charity, the five pillars, ethical moral objectives and messages in the Koran, the history of Islam. There are basic…

— Mark Durie

“The realization that Jews and/or Christians first used all of the technical religious vocabulary of the Qur’an and all of the forms of the…

— David H. Greenlee

“The reason for this correlation is simple: Islam’s Sharia, its way, teaches intolerance and violence against non-Muslims, no less than it teaches that Muslim…

— Raymond Ibrahim

The Islamic teachings have left great traditions for equitable and gentle dealings and behavior, and inspire people with nobility and tolerance. These are human…

— H. G. Wells

“Whatever else it may be, the Qur’an is no work of history. Startlingly, were it not for all the commentaries elucidating its mysteries, all…

— Tom Holland

“Other problems in the Shariah, such as misogyny, come from the fact that Islamic law incorporated a great many medieval attitudes, customs, and traditions…

— Mustafa Akyol

I think the approach to Islam as a tradition is helpful. Tradition helps us to focus on questions about authority and temporality, and about…

— Talal Asad