Hamza Yusuf
Hamza Yusuf

I really believe that carpet-bombing, bombing civilian populations, is a form of terror - it's state terror as opposed to vigilante terrorism.

Hamza Yusuf
Hamza Yusuf

I think that the idea of a war on an abstract noun is unacceptable.

Hamza Yusuf
Hamza Yusuf

The greatest preventative to terrorism is Muslim religious literacy.

Hamza Yusuf
Hamza Yusuf

The acquisition of knowledge - knowledge of both the world and of their own religion - will inoculate young people against extremist ideologies.

Hamza Yusuf
Hamza Yusuf

For believers, both privilege and privation are a trial, and both demand responses: one demands service, and the other demands patience. The greatest privilege is to live well in flourishing lands; the greatest privation is to live in the midst of war, especially civil war.

Hamza Yusuf
Hamza Yusuf

All peoples have contributed to the overall progress and enhancement of human life.

Hamza Yusuf
Hamza Yusuf

To be aware of others' accomplishments and the indebtedness we have to so many people is to appreciate and begin to respect all members of the human family.

Hamza Yusuf
Hamza Yusuf

The human family is a great one, and the Muslim branch is certainly worth knowing.

Hamza Yusuf
Hamza Yusuf

You can condemn and criticize religion... all those things are fine, but you can't mock and disrespect people.

Hamza Yusuf
Hamza Yusuf

Radicalization is very easy when you mock what people hold dear.

Hamza Yusuf
Hamza Yusuf

We Muslims in the West, like Jews before us, grapple with the same issues that Jews of the past did: integration or isolation, tradition or reform, intermarriage or intra-marriage.

Hamza Yusuf
Hamza Yusuf

God is much greater than anything we can imagine.

Hamza Yusuf
Hamza Yusuf

Muslims are not ashamed of their Prophet's teaching about war. On the contrary, for us it is a great source of pride.

Hamza Yusuf
Hamza Yusuf

Every day, my love for Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, increases.

Hamza Yusuf
Hamza Yusuf

We want to counter the idea that Muslims and non-Muslims can't live together. This is not who we are or who we want to be.

Hamza Yusuf
Hamza Yusuf

Our duty is to be patient.

Hamza Yusuf
Hamza Yusuf

We don't have any power other than our intellect and our hearts.

Hamza Yusuf
Hamza Yusuf

Ideas must counter ideas. You can drop all the bombs you want, but if you don't pull up weeds by their roots, they just grow back.

Hamza Yusuf
Hamza Yusuf

I think all this Facebook stuff should just stop!

Hamza Yusuf
Hamza Yusuf

Live your lives. Go out; take walks amongst trees.