Hamza Yusuf

A democracy is predicated on an educated citizenry. You cannot have a democracy with people that are more interested in what Nicole Kidman is doing or whoever the latest fashion model is. ”

September 11 was a wake-up call to me. I don't want to contribute to the hate in any shape or form. I now regret in the past being silent about what I have heard in the Islamic discourse and being part of that with my own anger. ”

In being aware of others' hunger, we contribute to a more empathic world. ”

I think all this Facebook stuff should just stop! ”

A tree grows. If you're staying the same, something is wrong. You're not alive. ”

All of the people are the dependents of Allah. ”

I think that the idea of a war on an abstract noun is unacceptable. ”

People can't think when their minds are clouded with fear. ”

We Muslims in the West, like Jews before us, grapple with the same issues that Jews of the past did: integration or isolation, tradition or reform, intermarriage or intra-marriage. ”

The thing I love most about going to a book store is the self-help section is the biggest section because Americans know we're screwed up. We know it. But we want to get better. ”