Hamza Yusuf : (4)

" 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

" 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

" 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

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