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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.
Hamza Yusuf
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Hamza Yusuf
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: January 1
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If you had one word to describe the root of all this rage, it's humiliation.
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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'm amazed at the courage of the journalists on the frontlines in Iraq, but we need intellectual courage in our community.
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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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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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Muslims are peace-loving people generally. Among the young, yes, there are some militant attitudes. But a lot of it arises out of chivalry.
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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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I don't have any control over what other people do, and they don't represent me or my faith.
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There are 20,000 Muslim physicians in the United States, Americans putting their lives in the hands of Muslims every day.
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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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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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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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I know that people can live celibate lives, I did it myself for many years.
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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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Force yourself to be humble, until it becomes second nature. Then it will be an unconscious activity.
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There's a statement in the Quran: There should be absolutely no compulsion in religion.
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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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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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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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Everyone’s a believer when things are going fine. The real faith is when one becomes patient with tribulations.
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