Aspect Quote by Tariq Ramadan

Secularism and pluralism are two of the defining ethos of Western societies. The former decouples religion from governmental institutions whilst the latter seeks to…

— Gad Saad

Western civilization is, no doubt, predominantly on the side of secular relativism. That is not true in the Islamic world, where faith dominates.

— Rene Girard

“The secularizing 'values' and events that have been predicted would happen in the Muslim world have now begun to unfold with increasing momentum and…

— Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas

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

“...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

Western countries in particular can today no longer be separated from Muslim societies, because they have them within themselves. They are themselves internally globalized.

— Ulrich Beck

“An Islamist is a Muslim who seeks to impose Shariah on others, including many ‘cultural’ or secular Muslims.”

— Dennis Prager

I draw a distinction between traditional Islam and Islamism. Islamism emerged in its modern form in the 1920s and is driven by a belief…

— Daniel Pipes

The Muslim world is threatened by religious fanaticism. The Western world is threatened by secular fanaticism.

— Dennis Prager

Islam takes advantage of two structural flaws that exist in the Western society. One is political correctness and other is the decline of morality.

— Ali Sina

“The construction of civilizational difference is not exclusive in any simple sense. The de-essentialization of Islam is paradigmatic for all thinking about the assimilation…

— Talal Asad

Islam should be compared to other totalitarian ideologies like Communism or Fascism.

— Geert Wilders