Cities Quote by Salman Rushdie

I grew up in a town where there were no Muslims whatsoever, and there was not a lot of exposure.

— Emily V. Gordon

Emergence of Muslim communities in their own lands. They let in millions of people from a radically different culture and background. The Europeans have…

— Manfred Gerstenfeld

When Muslims live and grow up in a separate neighborhood in London, they are surrounded only by their culture. They don't need to integrate…

— Nuseir Yassin

Typically, in the cities there can be resistance to the gospel or just to Americans, or anybody that's Western. When you get back into…

— Michael Scott

It's always hard to talk about the culture that you are from, especially with Islam, it is a very sensitive subject and I don't…

— Jacques Myard

I lived in the Muslim world for 10 years.

— Juan Cole

Muslims remain the most convenient target for prejudice in a city like Delhi, which is far more ghettoized than Bombay or Bangalore, for example.

— Karan Mahajan

Once Europe existed in a Dark Age and Islam carried the torch of learning. Now we Muslims live in a Dark age.

— Mahmud Tarzi

I come from a specific area in Beirut where it's multicultural, and it's a culture that blends with multiple cultures - it's unbelievable lifestyle.

— Reem Acra

“...differences between the world's Muslim communities are less important than what they share-namely, Islamism, sharia, and the dream of caliphate.”

— Hamed Abdel-Samad

In ancient times and in our times, Muslim communities have been at the forefront of innovation and education.

— Barack Obama

I don't relate to what is seen as 'Arab culture.' I relate to what I explore myself, what is around me.

— Yasmine Hamdan