“Throughout history, the great achievements of Islam had nothing to do with the size of the Muslim population. It’s not a numbers game. It had everything to do with the quality and calibre of individual people. Sincerity, Ikhlaas, is what really matters…”
“Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come. Today in North Africa and the Middle East, Freedom is the idea, and it’s unstoppable…….”
“Muslims are told that life is a gift, that everything we have is a gift, on loan, on trust. We have an awesome responsibility to discharge that trust faithfully. So, instead living in a ‘me’ centred universe, instead of banging on about our rights and demanding more and more, we should be taking responsibility: taking responsibility for ourselves, for our families, taking responsibility for our communities…”
“Many people in the West are attracted to Islam. Despite all the prejudice and Islamophobia, many curious, educated and articulate men and women are discovering, or rather, re-discovering Islam. Large numbers of new Muslims take Shahaadah every day, and over 70% of them are women..!”
“The story of Adam and Eve is the story of every human being that ever was, is and ever will be. It’s your story and my story. It’s the story of our origin and our destiny, where we’ve come from and where we’re going to….”
“We Muslims complain that Islam is being blamed for the actions of a few violent political extremists. How can we then blame all Danish people for the actions of a few cartoonists and their newspaper? How can we blame all Americans for the actions of a few neocons and a deluded preacher? It’s hypocritical! Where is our wisdom?…”
“The Holy Quran uses both rhetoric and reason in a powerful way. It addresses us, the readers, not as passive consumers of information, but as critical and sentient human beings, engaging our intellect and our innate sense of balance, fairness, reason, logic and beauty…”
“Allah wants us to enjoy the fruits of our hard work. He wants us to work hard and to enjoy a nice car and a nice home in a nice neighbourhood. But this should be the by-product of worship, not the main agenda…”
