There cannot be two standards for terror, one for Christian terrorists that ignores or minimizes "race" and religion; and another for Muslim terrorists that makes blanket assumptions regarding "race" and religion. We can do better, and we have to if the Bill of Rights is to retain any sense of meaning at all. - Commentary in The Abolitionist Examiner: What`s It Gonna Be? Collectivist Racialism or Individualism?
- James LandrithA woman as the leader of the Free World is an impossibility. Muslim countries won`t talk to you.
- Geena Davis(October 2006) (William Monahan) is maybe one of the two best writers I have ever worked with and I am developing something with him now that will take us back to Muslim countries next year. It`s called "Tripoli", is set in 1805 and is about the bad behavior of Pasha of Tripoli, who was kidnapping ships, particularly American ships, and demanding ransoms while Jefferson was broke, having emptied his coffers of $11 million to complete the Louisiana Purchase from Napoleon, who needed the money to feed his army. It is a fascinating period.
- Ridley ScottAll I wanted with that film was to represent the possibility that there might be normal people who are Muslim or Arab with the same fears, responsibilities, hopes.
- Tony ShalhoubI`m a Muslim, but I think Jesus would have a drink with me. He would be cool. He would talk to me.
- Mike TysonAmerican officials have bent over backwards to show how sensitive they are to Muslim culture. It didn`t seem very effective. They seem to be worried about winning the respect of other people.
- Tucker CarlsonEven if you didn`t see the movie, you`d see two words you`d never seen put together before - comedy and Muslim. Comedy is friendly - it`s the least offensive word in our language.
- Albert BrooksFor so long afterward (9/11), whenever I heard anyone talk about Muslims, it was in association with terrorism. But I thought, what could I do in a teeny way - and believe me, it`s a teeny way - to defuse this? There had to be some way to separate the 1.5 billion people who don`t want to kill us from the 100,000 or so who do. I thought if I could get five Muslims and six Hindus and maybe 3 Jews to laugh for 90 minutes, then I`ve accomplished something. (on Looking For Comedy In The Muslim World)
- Albert BrooksModeration is part of faith, so those who accuse Muslim schools of fostering fanaticism should learn a bit more about Islam.
- Cat StevensThe latest horror to hit the U.S. looks to have been caused by people of Middle Eastern origin, bearing Muslim names. Again, shame. This fuels more hatred for a religion and a people who have nothing to do with these events.
- Cat StevensI did not come into contact with any Muslim before I embraced Islam. I read the Qur`an first and realized no person is perfect, Islam is perfect, and if we imitate the conduct of the Holy Prophet... we will be successful.
- Cat StevensEver since I became a Muslim, I`ve had to deal with attempts to damage my reputation and countless insinuations seeking to cast doubt on my character and trying to connect me to causes which I do not subscribe to.
- Cat StevensIt is part of my faith as a Muslim to try to help those who are suffering from poverty or economic or political injustice.
- Cat StevensViolence is almost an everyday occurrence in some Muslim lands: it should not be exacerbated by revenge attacks on more innocent families and communities.
- Cat StevensI think race has been a burden for black Americans. Being Muslim has also been a challenge because so many people do not understand Islam.
- Kareem Abdul-JabbarUS presidents can make all the commitments and declarations they want until they are blue in the face, in the Muslim world they will always be perceived as partisan.
- Daniel BarenboimAsk a deeply religious Christian if he'd rather live next to a bearded Muslim that may or may not be plotting a terror attack, or an atheist that may or may not show him how to set up a wireless network in his house. On the scale of prejudice, atheists don't seem so bad lately.
- Scott AdamsThis is one of the factors that also made me very much want to make this film, apart from the fact that I loved it. If the boy hadn`t been Jewish and the man hadn`t been Muslim, it wouldn`t have made any difference to the film.
- Omar SharifThis is one of the factors that also made me very much want to make this film, apart from the fact that I loved it. If the boy hadn`t been Jewish and the man hadn`t been Muslim, it wouldn`t have made any difference to the film. I don`t think it`s relevant, really.
- Omar SharifOK, maybe we were Muslim for 250 years, but we were orthodox before that and deep down we were always Serbs, religion cannot change that. We only became Muslims to survive the Turks.
- Emir KusturicaWe just have to go and do things for people that count: meeting their felt needs. And if in the process they inquire, and if the opportunity is there to plant a seed, we do it and then move on. With the atmosphere in the Muslim world, that`s the only path to take.
- Jimmy BennettBecause of the sophistication and apparent specialized training of the intruder, we are again concerned about the safety of the Muslim community.
- Nancy AndersonIt put me in all the tight spots with my identity: as an Arab, a Muslim, and an actor with my background. I had to walk a tightrope and find out where my balance was.
- Khalid AbdallaTypically, in the cities there can be resistance to the gospel or just to Americans, or anybody that`s Western. When you get back into the villages, the people are very welcoming. Then when you get into Muslim areas, it definitely gets a little more difficult.
- Michael ScottAt the beginning of the twentieth century, every single leading Muslim intellectual was in love with the west, and wanted their countries to look just like Britain and France.
- Karen ArmstrongThe constitution is not only a disaster for a lot of the people who share the secular democratic perspective, whether Sunni, Shiite or Kurdish. It`s also leading to some version of a sharia state . . . not necessarily a theocracy but certainly a state where there is a dominant role for Muslim clerics.
- David MackHe understands that because he`s a Muslim and this involves terrorism a lot people presume he`s guilty.
- Steve HartmanWhen you have a Muslim charged with a crime and there is some implication of terrorism, the first thing that the public thinks is guilty.
- Steve HartmanThe Teen Challenge ministry was born out of those humble early days of ministry. It now includes over 500 drug and alcohol rehab centers around the world, even in Muslim countries. These include homes for girls and women addicts and alcoholics, all which are reaching many.
- David WilkersonIf you want to win the heart and the mind of the Muslim community, you want to tell them, `God said...` and `The Muslims said...` and `Mohammed said...`, not `Tony Blair said...` and
- 'Queen' ElizabethToday, the Muslim world is the poorest of the global powers.
- Mahmoud AhmadinejadBut the weakness comes from these Westernised co-opted Muslim leaders who just want to look good in the eyes of the West and Western media.
- Ahmad ShahThe Muslim leaders swallow the advice of the Western powers and bodies like the IMF and World Bank, even when it is bad for their countries and they know this.
- Ahmad ShahThey are scared that the BBC or CNN may call them radicals, so they remain soft instead. The problem lies there, with the Muslim leaders, not the Muslim masses.
- Ahmad ShahWe have shown that Islam can rule the world perfectly for 14 centuries, and during this time of Muslim power we did not borrow ideas like democracy from others, so why do we need to learn democracy from them now?
- Ahmad ShahThere is not a single Muslim leader today who has the courage and commitment to defend Islam and Muslims, they are all in awe of the United States and other Western powers, and are indebted to them.
- Ahmad ShahHe who becomes a Muslim does so in his own interest.
- Ahmad Shah MassoodDo not look down upon any Muslim, for even the most inferior believer is great in the eyes of God.
- Ahmad Shah MassoodThe international community is pushing things forward in Bosnia... but it is doing it at expense of the Muslim people. I feel it as an injustice, these are the things that I cannot live with.
- Ajar KocharAnd we know there has been horrendous loss of life and suffering and we know that there is anger. Anyone who came anywhere near the general election in constituencies with a substantial Muslim population knows that.
- Alan LabrosseI don`t think Osama is a Muslim. I don`t think Osama is a human being.
- Alexander BrodEven as we pour hundreds of billions of dollars into our efforts in the Middle East, there is much that needs to be done to win the war of ideas in the Muslim world and beyond.
- Alexandra LarsenIran is central to our foreign policy in the Middle East, a major player in global energy markets, and a key country in terms of our interaction with the Muslim world.
- Alexandre VasarhelyiThose who are terrorists with their genesis in Afghanistan have a goal of creating a fundamentalist Muslim caliphate all across the Middle East.
- Alexis GordonMuslim delegates concerned about rights in Palestine could have brought their enthusiasm closer to home by addressing the fate of black Christians being slaughtered and enslaved in the Sudan.
- Alfred ChanAs you look at the flow of Muslim fundamentalism, or fundamentalism in various areas and various religions, they all play on the people who have very little.
- Alfredo RodriguezWe need spies that look like their targets, CIA officers who speak the dialects terrorists use, and FBI agents who can speak to Muslim women who might be intimidated by men.
- Algernon SidneyI lived in the Muslim world for 10 years.
- Allen AlleyAt times one feels that what is being said in the West is that the fact that you are a Muslim predisposes you to this blind, stupid terrorism.
- Allison BarberBritons seem to have given up on assimilating their Muslim population, with many British elites patting themselves on the back for their tolerance and multiculturalism.
- Almeda Jacks