Acknowledgement Quote by Tariq Ramadan

The religions are delusional constructs formed around an infallible core.

— Frederick Franck

“Sufis like to say: “This is not a religion; it is religion,” or “Sufism is the essence of all religions,” which provides “a belief…

— Matthew Fox

Islam appears to me like a perfect work of architecture. All its parts are harmoniously conceived to complement and support each other; nothing is…

— Muhammad Asad

“Sufism is the essence of all religions.”

— Idries Shah

Every religion contains, in varying degrees, elements of the soft and the hard. For the sake of world peace, dialogue within religions and among…

— Johan Galtung

The core of all religions is a belief in a supreme personal god.

— Frank Tipler

“The mystics have always stressed the religious aspect of Islam, the rationalists the other one. All the same, both of them have always had…

— Alija Izetbegović

“The differences between religions are reflected very clearly in the different forms of sacred art: compared with Gothic art, above all in its “flamboyant”…

— Frithjof Schuon

“The Sufi Muslims say, "Praise Allah, but also tie your camel to the post." In other words, it's good to take a transcendent view…

— Dan Harris

Within our lifetime, we can remember a time when Islamism wasn't the dominant form of discourse or the aim should be to minimise the…

— Maajid Nawaz

“Knowledge,” which for al-Qônawî is never very far from Sufi gnosis, is “an abstract universal reality,” or “a single universal reality.” In contrast to…

— Franz Rosenthal

Beneath all differences of doctrine or discipline there exists a fundamental agreement as to the simple, absolute essentials in religion.

— Julia Ward Howe