Approach Quote by Talal Asad

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

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

There are strengths in Islamic tradition. Islam actually, as a monotheistic religion, which defined man as a responsible agent by itself, created the idea…

— Mustafa Akyol

Well, the most important thing about Islam is that we have to differentiate between two kinds of Islam. The first one is the institution…

— Abdurrahman Wahid

I admire the Islam. There's a lot of good principles in it.

— John McCain

It is important that the Muslim leaders, scholars, and intellectuals are much more vocal and explain what Islam is.

— Tariq Ramadan

Islam is probably the one that places the greatest emphasis on knowledge. The purpose is to understand God's creation.

— Aga Khan IV

I like Islam, it is a consistent idea of religion and open-minded.

— Kurt Gödel

I was always inclined towards learning more about Islam.

— Sana Khan

I think Islam, for me, helped me see how similar we all are. If my views are not traditional it's because of being raised…

— Chali 2na

From the Muslims I learned from the extraordinary pluralism of the Koran, the fact that the Koran endorses every single one of the major…

— Karen Armstrong

What is needed is a move beyond tradition, nothing less than a reform movement to bring the core concepts of Islam into the modern…

— Salman Rushdie