If you get yourself out of politics, religion, everything, and think as a human, think based on love to everybody, at that moment you have a choice: to be an animal, or to be a human. I choose to be a human being, with conscience and responsibility. Mosab Hassan Yousef More Quotes by Mosab Hassan Yousef More Quotes From Mosab Hassan Yousef Islam is not a religion of peace. Islam is a religion of war, and most Muslims don't understand the true nature of Islam. Mosab Hassan Yousef true-nature islam war If there's a good side of Islam, at the end of the day it serves evil. Mosab Hassan Yousef islam the-end-of-the-day evil I'm not trying to convert the entire nation of Israel and the entire nation of Palestine to Christianity. But at least if you can educate them about the ideology of love, the ideology of forgiveness, the ideology of grace. Those principles are great regardless, but we can't deny they came from Christianity as well. Mosab Hassan Yousef israel grace trying The God of Quran is trying to unskin Muslims from their humanity. Muslims are good people. But their God is absolutely bad. Mosab Hassan Yousef humanity trying people Traditional Muslims stand at the foot of the ladder, living in guilt for not really practicing Islam. At the top are fundamentalists, the ones you see in the news killing women and children for the glory of the god of the Qur'an. Moderates are somewhere in between. A moderate Muslim is actually more dangerous than a fundamentalist, however, because he appears to be harmless, and you can never tell when he has taken that next step toward the top. Most suicide bombers began as moderates. Mosab Hassan Yousef taken suicide children I asked myself what Palestinians would do if Israel disappeared-if everything not only went back to the way it was before 1948 but if all the Jewish people abandoned the Holy Land and were scattered again. And for the first time, I knew the answer. We would still fight. Over nothing. Over a girl without a head scarf. Over who was toughest and most important. Over who would make the rules and who would get the best seat. Mosab Hassan Yousef girl fighting israel The god of Islam tells his people, "Beat your wife. Go kill infidels. Go Kill Christians and Jews." This is in the Koran; it has been for 1400 years. Their god tells them to kill everybody who doesn't believe in the god of the Koran. Mosab Hassan Yousef christian believe years I'm amazed at how Muslims keep their humanity after reading the Koran. Mosab Hassan Yousef amazed reading humanity We need to educate people about the reality of Islam, the logics of Islam. I am sure every free man in this world would fight the ideology of Islam. Mosab Hassan Yousef fighting men reality Most Muslims don't obey the order of god to kill infidels. This is why I say Muslims have more morality than their god. Mosab Hassan Yousef infidel morality order In Christianity, it's very clear that the god we worship is equal to love. The bible says, 'God is love'. The god we worship was sacrificed, crucified on the cross, tortured, spit on, and was still forgiving. This is our highest example. Mosab Hassan Yousef forgiving example worship Out of 1.6 billion Muslims, perhaps only 300 million actually understand the language of the Koran. Mosab Hassan Yousef millions billions language Then I read this: “You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven” (Matthew 5:43-45). That's it! I was thunderstruck Mosab Hassan Yousef hate love-you father If you can educate Muslims about their biggest enemy, and if you can solve the problem, the ideological problem, it doesn't give an immediate result, but it's the best thing over the long term. Mosab Hassan Yousef giving long enemy Hamas murders not only Israelis, but also Palestinians whose political stance is different from that which its group promotes; that is, its radical religious outlook in which Islam is the solution to the world's problems. Mosab Hassan Yousef islam political religious Hamas cannot make peace with the Israelis. That is against what their God tells them. It is impossible to make peace with infidels, only a ceasefire. Mosab Hassan Yousef ceasefire making-peace impossible Hamas, they are using civilians' lives, they are using children, they are using the suffering of people every day to achieve their goals. And this is what I hate. Mosab Hassan Yousef hate children people My dad is a loving person. He would never disown me. At some point we will be together again. I love my father, and he loves me. Mosab Hassan Yousef together-again dad father I was a witness to lots of death... Saving a human life was something really, really beautiful... no matter who they are. Not only Israeli people owe me their lives. I guarantee many terrorists, many Palestinian leaders, owe me their lives - or in other words they owe my Lord their lives. Mosab Hassan Yousef leader beautiful people Hamas thinks they can kill the will of people by intimidation. Most of those who are killed in the Gaza Strip for the suspicion of collaborating with Israel, have nothing to do with Israel. Mosab Hassan Yousef gaza-strip israel thinking
