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I'm amazed at the courage of the journalists on the frontlines in Iraq, but we need intellectual courage in our community.

Hamza Yusuf

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Hamza Yusuf
Age: 67
Born: 1958
Born: January 1
Islamic Scholar
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People have to be exposed to Muslims, just experience Muslims talk to them. Reach out, read about Islam, try to find out about it.
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In the Communist period, the revolutionaries, the leaders were almost always - Che Guevara, people like that - they were always from the middle class and the educated. And empathy is a very powerful emotion.
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Hypocrisy is wretched because the hypocrite says with his tongue what is not in his heart. He wrongs his tongue and oppresses his heart. But if the heart is sound, the condition of the tongue follows suit. We are commanded to be upright in speech, which is a gauge of the heart's state.
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I can't - and won't - impose my beliefs on others, either verbally or otherwise. I'm not going to judge people.
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Everyone’s a believer when things are going fine. The real faith is when one becomes patient with tribulations.
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Reality of things is hidden in the realm of the unseen
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When paying charity, one should smile and be humble, allowing the hand of the indigent to be above the giver's hand.
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After that one fitnah, every time it calms down in one place, it starts somewhere else.
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For young people, if someone tells you: you are the future - say No! I'm the present. You have things to do right now.
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Force yourself to be humble, until it becomes second nature. Then it will be an unconscious activity.
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Every civilization: Hindu, Buddhist, Confucianist, Christian, Jewish and Muslim, all of them understood that LEARNING was to make a BETTER HUMAN BEING, LEARNING was NOT to MAKE MORE MONEY It was to make a BETTER HUMAN BEING.
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Allah knows exactly what to give you to help you return to Him. The events in your life are purposeful, appropriate & non-random.
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The vast majority of Muslims would never accept the lawfulness of an active homosexual lifestyle. I don't see that happening. But there is also no authority in the tradition for any individual to take things into his own hands and impose their version of the religion on someone else.
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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.
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Religion is here to unite us. It's not here to divide us. If it's dividing us, it's not God's religion, it's something else.
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Whatever is for the sake of Allah will go on and continue. Whatever is for other than Allah, it will end and be severed
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I don't have any control over what other people do, and they don't represent me or my faith.
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In our inherent contradictions as humans, and in order to validate our own pain, we deny the pain of others. But it is in acknowledging the pain of others that we achieve fully our humanity.
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Where is your heart? Is your heart with God? Is it with your own ego or your lust? Is it with your greed, your pride, envy, or your resentment? This is a time where you can go into yourself and ask: Where is my heart? Ramadan is a time to give the heart back to the One who possesses the hearts.
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People of the world will reject your reminders, because it reminds them that this world is temporary.
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