Islamic Terrorism Quotes

“In the pragmatist, streetwise climate of advanced postmodern capitalism, with its scepticism of big pictures and grand narratives, its hard-nosed disenchantment with the metaphysical, 'life' is one among a whole series of discredited totalities. We are invited to think small rather than big – ironically, at just the point when some of those out to destroy Western civilization are doing exactly the opposite. In the conflict between Western capitalism and radical Islam, a paucity of belief squares up to an excess of it. The West finds itself faced with a full-blooded metaphysical onslaught at just the historical point that it has, so to speak, philosophically disarmed. As far as belief goes, postmodernism prefers to travel light: it has beliefs, to be sure, but it does not have faith.”
― Terry Eagleton, The Meaning of Life

“Suppose that we agree that the two atrocities can or may be mentioned in the same breath. Why should we do so? I wrote at the time (The Nation,October 5, 1998) that Osama bin Laden 'hopes to bring a "judgmental" monotheism of his own to bear on these United States.' Chomsky's recent version of this is 'considering the grievances expressed by people of the Middle East region.' In my version, then as now, one confronts an enemy who wishes ill to our society, and also to his own (if impermeable religious despotism is considered an 'ill'). In Chomsky's reading, one must learn to sift through the inevitable propaganda and emotion resulting from the September 11 attacks, and lend an ear to the suppressed and distorted cry for help that comes, not from the victims, but from the perpetrators. I have already said how distasteful I find this attitude. I wonder if even Chomsky would now like to have some of his own words back? Why else should he take such care to quote himself deploring the atrocity? Nobody accused him of not doing so. It's often a bad sign when people defend themselves against charges which haven't been made.”
― Christopher Hitchens, Christopher Hitchens and His Critics: Terror, Iraq, and the Left

“People have been murdered over cartoons. End of moral analysis.”
― Sam Harris

“The 'pre-emption' versus 'prevention' debate may be a distinction without much difference. The important thing is to have it understood that the United States is absolutely serious. The jihadists have in the past bragged that America is too feeble and corrupt to fight. A lot is involved in disproving that delusion on their part.”
― Christopher Hitchens, Christopher Hitchens and His Critics: Terror, Iraq, and the Left

“Terrorism has nothing to do with religion, Islam or otherwise. Terrorism is born of fundamentalism not of religion.”
― Abhijit Naskar

“Al Qaeda's central political objective is the creation of an Islamic republic,notthe progressive realignment of American foreign policy.”
― Simon Cottee

“There was one thing the experience had taught him. He said he'd learned that when millions of people, a whole political system, countless numbers of citizens who believed in God, said they were going to kill you -- just listen to them.”
― Terry Hayes, I Am Pilgrim

“The West has been grinding Islam under its heel for a long time,” he said. “A civilization and a culture beaten into exhaustion, now past its prime and longing for a return to some nostalgic past looking nothing like the real one. Science, literacy, architecture, art, mathematics, tolerance—Islam once led the world in these things. That’s the real past. Not this paranoid, benighted plunge into dogma and ignorance and violence. All those fingers pointing back a thousand years—the Laughing Imam gave them all a nudge, from ignorance into enlightenment. Suddenly, the future wasn’t the false past. Wasn’t an endless succession of cultural, political, and economic defeat at the hands of the Infidel. No, now the future is going to be the rebirth of Islam’s Grand Age. Islam’s civilized glory. Faith not as a weapon, but as an anchor in the storm to come, in the storm now upon us.”
― Steven Erikson, Rejoice, A Knife to the Heart

“Let not those who hurry to fall into disbelief grieve you of such like them to disbelieve without course.”
― Oscar Auliq-Ice

“Terrorism has no religion, but secularism has one and only one.”
― Satyendra Singh 'Shyamal'

“Due to the monstrous activity of a handful of extremists, the majority of the human society has been conditioned to believe that the term 'musalman' is somehow synonymous with terrorism. But the reality is, the term 'musalman' refers to someone with 'musallam iman,' that means, a pure conscience. Thus any individual whose conscience is pure and clear, is a musalman or muslim, regardless of socio-religious background. Likewise, any human being who loves his or her neighbor is a Christian. Hence, scriptures can't define your religion, only your actions with other people do.”
― Abhijit Naskar

“At a cellular level of the human mind, Islamophobia is not really a matter of social stigma, rather it is a natural biological fear response of the general human mind, conditioned through countless pairings between terrorist attacks (unconditioned stimulus) and their apparent association with Islam (conditioned stimulus). Hence, Islamophobia cannot be eradicated completely, unless that pairing is severed and thereafter the conditioned stimulus of Islam is paired with something optimistic such as the heartwarming works of the 13th century Persian Muslim poet Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi.”
― Abhijit Naskar, What is Mind?

“The engines of America run on Saudi oil, but the networks of global Islamic terrorism run largely on Saudi money.”
― Daniel Silva

“You must remember, the so-called Jihadis who are in reality, mentally unstable individuals run by Quranic fundamentalists, do not represent the whole Muslim population of the world.”
― Abhijit Naskar

“Terrorism is born of fundamentalism not of religion.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Illusion of Religion: A Treatise on Religious Fundamentalism

“Scriptures are meant to serve humanity, not humanity to serve scriptures.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Islamophobic Civilization: Voyage of Acceptance

“The common Muslims have nothing to do with the acts of terrorism caused by the so-called Islamic extremists - they are as concerned of their children's safety in a world affected by terrorism, religious or otherwise, as any other person from other religious backgrounds.”
― Abhijit Naskar

“Through the sacred verses filled with violence and self-righteousness, the minds of the angry individuals find a way to get rid of all their misery. At that unstable state of consciousness, they are drawn to the description of the Holy War. They visualize a glimmer of hope. They feel absolutely immersed in it. Finally when they emerge as holy warriors, they are no longer humans, from the emotional perspective. They emerge as wild beasts, neurologically almost unable to feel human emotions, like empathy, love, kindness and compassion. Consequently the whole world faces the wrath of the most primitive of all human elements in the name of God’s judgment.”
― Abhijit Naskar, In Search of Divinity: Journey to The Kingdom of Conscience

“To the representatives of theoretical Islam, i.e. Islamic fundamentalists, the Jews, the Christians, the Hindus, the Buddhists and all other humans who are not Muslims, are not just object of extreme detestation, they are, at the worst, lesser humans of false religions. This is not religion my friend. This is primitiveness at its worst.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Islamophobic Civilization: Voyage of Acceptance

“Any individual whose conscience is pure and clear, who can think for himself or herself, is a musalman or muslim, regardless of socio-religious background. Likewise, any human being who loves the neighbor as much as his or her own family is a Christian.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Islamophobic Civilization: Voyage of Acceptance

“When a person irrationally and quite pathologically sticks to the creeds of his scriptures too much, it can turn even a great human being into the worst version of himself.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Islamophobic Civilization: Voyage of Acceptance

“أنا هارب من بلد يدمر المتشددون الإسلاميون كل مظاهر الحياة فيه، ويقتلوننا بالجملة قبل أن يعودوا ليتباكوا على تلك الملايين من الضحايا ويستغلوا أعداد القتلى كبروباغاندا لكسب التعاطف مع المسلمين في الغرب. لقد شنت الولايات المتحدة الحرب، وأعقب ذلك حصول فوضى مرعبة، ولكن أغلب ضحايا بلدي سقطوا على يد الإرهاب الإسلامي، وقد يكونون في غالبهم من المسلمين، ولكن القاتل هو الآخر مسلم، يحلل قتلهم في كثير من الحالات، ويعود ليتباكى على أشلائهم. لقد هربت من تلك الطقوس الدموية، ورؤية تلك الجماعات تقدم القرابين لمولوخ كل يوم. هربت خوفاً من العيش وسط أناس تتعمد بالدم كل يوم.”
― جلجامش نبيل, Gilgamesh Nabeel, صراع الأقنعة

“We don't have the luxury to say that, there is no hope for reform in Islam, because by saying this, we would be disavowing the entire peace-loving Muslim population of the world. We cannot leave our Muslim sisters and brothers behind to be oppressed by their own priestly tyrants, while the rest of the world keeps progressing with an open mind. The entire civilized society of the world, must put their heart and soul to get Islam liberated from the shackles of fundamentalism. Conscience must triumph over orthodox barbarianism, otherwise there would be no hope for the progress and wellbeing of humanity as a truly wise species.”
― Abhijit Naskar

“Islamic terrorism has nothing to do with economic position or status in life.”
― Brigitte Gabriel, Because They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America

“Islamic terrorism has nothing to do with economic position or status in life”
― Brigitte Gabriel, Because They Hate

“ইসলামের ভেতরে দুটো দিক আছে, মানবিক ও উগ্র দিক।”
― Shobuj Taposh

“Knowledge Without Action Means Nothing”
― Nicholas P. Ginex, Allah, We, Our and Us

“Plight of A Pakistani (The Sonnet)

The world sees us as a terrorist nation,
Why is it so?
Despite our love and care for family,
Why do you deem us as extremist foe?
As responsible citizens with a beating heart,
We too want for our kids a world of peace.
Yet whenever there's an act of terror,
Why are we at the top of your suspect list!
Every nation has terrorist elements,
The Capitol insurrection is proof of it.
But how can you blame an entire people,
For the acts of a bunch of bigoted misfits!
We don't ask you to show us pity.
Just keep in mind, we too are part of humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Earthquakin' Egalitarian: I Die Everyday So Your Children Can Live

“Muslim Not Terrorist (The Sonnet)

I am a Muslim, not a terrorist,
Just like not all whites are neonazi.
To hate, being an animal is enough,
Love is a sign of sapience and sanity.
Nobody is infidel to me,
For my faith is that of oneness.
Disbelief doesn't make one a kafir,
Only kafir is one without kindness.
No matter what we call water,
It quenches everybody's thirst equally.
I accept all religions to be true and equal,
For what matters is our common humanity.
I have but one message, love over all hatred.
Without love nobody's human, no matter our faith.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World

“Muslim not terrorist.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World