I think Islam is in a sense, in crisis. It needs to question and re-question itself.
Azar Nafisi
In the past 30 years, officials of the Iranian regime and its apologists have labeled criticism, especially with regard to women's rights, as... →
I can now say that the more I learnt about Islam, the more tolerant I became.
Maajid Nawaz
Islamism is not Islam. Islamism is the politicisation of Islam, the desire to impose a version of this ancient faith over society.
North Eurasia is one of the best examples of religious tolerance and peaceful coexistence of Islam and Christianity. This is a rare thing in... →
Nursultan Nazarbayev
The terrorists whatever slogans they use have nothing in common with Islam.
I believe we don't need to widen the divide between the West and Islam. Rather, we need to build dialogue to encourage tolerance and respect.
Shirin Neshat
I've been to Africa three times. All right? You can't bring Western reasoning into the culture. The same way you can't bring it into... →
Bill O'Reilly
America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress... →
Barack Obama
I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.