Too long has the public mind considered religion to be synonymous with priestcraft. Benjamin Whorf considerlongmind Change image and share on social
Beside all this I think there was something personal, being Muslim myself who lived in the west I felt that it was my obligation my duty to tell the truth about Islam. It is a religion that has a 700 million following, yet it's so little known about it which surprised me. Moustapha Akkad dutyfeltislam share on social
Once religion has been dismissed by primarily an intellectual class of people, we lose the really useful social functions of religion... What replaces it might be worse than what we throw away. Chuck Palahniuk badlyclassdismiss Change image and share on social
Ordinary Kenyans rightly want to be able to shop safely, and there is a long history of them doing just that, irrespective of their religion or that of the shop owner. Giles Foden historyirrespectivekenyan Change image and share on social
I always say that people should not rush to change religions. There is real value in finding the spiritual resources you need in your home religion. Dalai Lama changefindhome Change image and share on social
It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion. Bertrand Russell agedoordragon Change image and share on social
My grandparents used to pray five times a day, but they were quiet about their own thing. Completely liberal day by day; my grandmother was a social worker and my grandfather was an engineer, but they never talked about religion. My entire life I couldn't remember one conversation I had with them about religion. Mohsin Hamid completelyconversationday share on social
Anybody looking at the history even of the 20th century would not single out Islam as the bloodthirsty religion; it was Christian/Nazi/Communist Europe and Buddhist/Taoist/Hindu/atheist Asia that set records for mass slaughter. Nicholas Kristof 20thasiaatheist share on social
We are in a global war with a radical and violent form of the Islamic religion, and it is irresponsible and dangerous to deny it. Michael T. Flynn dangerousdenyform Change image and share on social