"I draw a distinction between traditional Islam and Islamism. Islamism emerged in its modern form in the 1920s and is driven by a belief that Muslims can be strong and rich again if they follow the Islamic law severely and in its entirety. This is a response to the trauma of modern Islam."

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Source : "Islam and Islamism in the Modern World". Interview with Tom Bethell, spectator.org. February 8, 2013.

Daniel Pipes

#Strong Quotes #Islamic Quotes #Law Quotes

“Life is brief but love is LONG .”
“The miracle of compounding returnsÂ is overwhelmed by the tyranny of compounding costs.”

Source : "The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns". Book by John C. Bogle, 2007.
“I look in music magazines now and see things on Luther Allison, and my name's getting out there more, thanks to all the good people at Alligator Records and at my management company.”
“Laws are important and valuable in the exact natural sciences, in the measure that those sciences are universally valid.”
“Gradually the feeling wears off, and I feel swamped again by the inexplicable pettiness of being alive.”
“The more horrifying this world becomes, the more art becomes abstract.”
“My daughter MacKenzie is so important to me. I have a tattoo on my arm for her. My roommate gave me the name for her.”
“When we change our daily lives - the way we think, speak and act - we change the world.”

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