Khaled Abou El Fadl famous quotes

Islamic tradition is full of examples of supporting the autonomy of women and the empowerment of women. Very few people know that in Islamic history there have been well over two thousand women jurists.
-- Khaled Abou El Fadl

#Islamic #Two #People

I've written a book entitled 'Islam: the Challenges of Democracy,' because it is a challenge. It requires careful interpretation of the Islamic tradition and Islamic theology, and there's a lot in there that would support democratic ideals.
-- Khaled Abou El Fadl

#Book #Islamic #Democratic Ideals

The critical question is how a religious tradition is interpreted. Is it interpreted in ways that are pro-human rights or in ways that are a throwback to the Dark Ages?
-- Khaled Abou El Fadl

#Religious #Dark #Rights

Wahhabism goes and takes elements from the Islamic tradition that are most oppressive of women, and highlights and enlarges them and makes them the whole of Islam. In my view, that's a clear corruption of the Islamic tradition.
-- Khaled Abou El Fadl

#Islamic #Views #Elements

Think about that: at a time when it was inconceivable to have a woman rabbi or a woman scholar of Christian theology or canon law, the Islamic civilization boasted hundreds of women who were authorities in Islamic law and Islamic theology and that taught some of the most famous male jurists and left behind a remarkable corpus of writings.
-- Khaled Abou El Fadl

#Christian #Islamic #Writing

Liberty and choice are the essential components that constitute human dignity.
-- Khaled Abou El Fadl

#Choices #Liberty #Essentials

People in the United States don't like to hear it, but puritanical Islam has been on the rise because of our unequivocal policy of absolute support for Israel, regardless of what Israel does - even if they invade Lebanon and bombard a major city like Beirut, full of civilians. Israel has atomic bombs, but we go nuts if any Arab country or Iran develops even nuclear capabilities.
-- Khaled Abou El Fadl

#Country #Cities #Israel

The American obliviousness towards the suffering of Palestinians refugees plays a major part in radicalizing people. And we are fanning the flames of puritanism.
-- Khaled Abou El Fadl

#Flames #Play #People

If human beings pretend to be God, then forget about democracy. If they understand that no human being can represent God, then sure.
-- Khaled Abou El Fadl

#Democracy #Forget #Humans

Someone who seeks to travel the path of Allah should begin with a sound repentance from all his sins.

It's a great historical joke that when the Spanish met the Aztecs, it was a blind date made in serve-you-right heaven. At the time, they were the two most unpleasant cultures in the entire world, and richly deserved each other. Still, the story of how stout Cortes blustered, bullied and bludgeoned his way to collapsing an entire empire with a handful of contagious hoodlums is astonishing.

Come, come, come. Without a monster or two it's not a quest, merely a gaggle of friends wandering about.

But Piglet is so small that he slips into a pocket, where it is very comfortable to feel him when you are not quite sure whether twice seven is twelve or twenty-two.

In the middle of nowhere, along a quiet stretch of road, the diner dreamt of the hungry dead. And of two men.

There are two types of people in the world, and I'm one of them.

Often we want people to pray for us and help us, but we always defeat our object when we look too much to them and lean upon them. The true secret of union is for both to look upon God, and in the act of looking past themselves to Him they are unconsciously united.

Major sports are major parts of society. It's not anomalous to have people who love sports come from other parts of that society.

Money has no color. If you can build a better mousetrap, it won't matter whether you're black or white. People will buy it.

Find a need and fill it. Successful businesses are founded on the needs of people.