Call on your Lord when your heart is brittle, that is a time when it's in pieces and the Light of Allah can fill the gaps. That is why Allāh is with the broken hearted. Hamza Yusuf More Quotes by Hamza Yusuf More Quotes From Hamza Yusuf 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 islam trying people After that one fitnah, every time it calms down in one place, it starts somewhere else. Hamza Yusuf calm-down calm somewhere-else All of the people are the dependents of Allah. Hamza Yusuf allah people A tree grows. If you're staying the same, something is wrong. You're not alive. Hamza Yusuf wrong you alive tree Reason cannot calm the storm of emotion, and emotion usually wins, until it settles down and allows reason to rise again and apologize on behalf of it. Hamza Yusuf rise down calm storm Islam was hijacked on that September 11, 2001, on that plane, as an innocent victim. Hamza Yusuf innocent september islam victim I don't align myself with the West of the Muslim world. I align myself with what I perceive to be just and in accordance with my principles - the principles that I live my life by which are universal principles and that are embodied in the religion of Islam. Hamza Yusuf my-life myself life religion Whatever one thinks of the wisdom of building a mosque near Ground Zero, this controversy now affords us an immense opportunity to examine who we are as a people. It provides us with the opportunity to get back to our foundational ideals, which have always stood as a beacon for the rest of the world. Hamza Yusuf wisdom opportunity people world The acquisition of knowledge - knowledge of both the world and of their own religion - will inoculate young people against extremist ideologies. Hamza Yusuf people world knowledge religion Our duty is to be patient. Hamza Yusuf our duty be-patient patient There are many ways to be hungry. One can hunger for love, or fame or social justice, but hunger for food seems to curb all other cravings. Hamza Yusuf justice fame food love Many people in the West do not realise how oppressive some Muslim states are - both for men and for women. This is a cultural issue, not an Islamic one. Hamza Yusuf some women men people I would rather live as a Muslim in the West than in most of the Muslim countries, because I think the way Muslims are allowed to live in the West is closer to the Muslim way. Hamza Yusuf i-think live think way September 11 was a wake-up call to me. I don't want to contribute to the hate in any shape or form. I now regret in the past being silent about what I have heard in the Islamic discourse and being part of that with my own anger. Hamza Yusuf me regret anger hate Katrina did much more damage than anything the terrorists could ever put together. Hamza Yusuf than anything more together When a man wrote a political screed against the IRS and flew into its building, he was deemed mentally ill, even though it was clearly a political act. There's a double standard, which is: If his name is Muhammad, it's automatically terrorism. Hamza Yusuf name man terrorism building ISIS is very similar to the Kharijites, who were a toxic off-shoot of Islam. It's not Islam; it's a perversion of Islam, and to label these militant externalities as Islam is to legitimize their actions. Hamza Yusuf actions who toxic islam If you don't have religious fallibilism, you have immense problems. Hamza Yusuf problems you immense religious Corruption is rife in the Muslim world, and when it is coupled with the marginalization of religion, it manifests itself as frustration and becomes a fertile recruiting ground for extremism. Hamza Yusuf frustration corruption world religion You don't fight ideas with bombs. Hamza Yusuf fight you bombs ideas
