Bassam Tibi Quotes

#1. I myself am Muslim and I stand on the side of an open society.

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#2. The Jihad is not just a way of testing yourself but also means using violence to spread Islam.

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#3. Muslims stand by their religion entirely. It is a sort of religious absolutism. While Europeans have stopped defending the values of their civilization. They confuse tolerance with relativism.

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#4. Pluralism and tolerance are pillars of modern society. That has to be accepted. But pluralism doesn't just mean diversity. It means that we share the same rules and values, and are still nevertheless different. Islam doesn't have this idea. And Islam also has no tradition of tolerance.

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#5. Accusing somebody of racism is a very effective weapon in Germany. Islamists know this: As soon as you accuse someone of demonizing Islam, then the European side backs down.

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#6. A lot of people don't know if Denmark is a country or a cheese.

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#7. In Islam tolerance means that Christians and Jews are allowed to live under the protection of Muslims but never as citizens with the same rights. What Muslims call tolerance is nothing other than discrimination.

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#8. Almost 20 percent of the people living in Germany today have a foreign background. The problem is that Germany can't really offer foreigners an identity because the Germans hardly have a national identity themselves. That is certainly a result of Auschwitz.

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#9. A conflict of values is not a misunderstanding. Islamic orthodoxy and the German constitution are not compatible.

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#10. Muslims have to give up three things if they want to become Europeans: They have to bid farewell to the idea of converting others, and renounce the Jihad. The third thing they need to give up is the Shariah, which is the Islamic legal system.

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#11. The weaker the partner is viewed by the Muslims, then the greater the anger which they express. And this anger is often carefully staged.

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#12. The accusation of cultural insensitivity is a weapon.

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#13. Unlike multiculturalism, cultural pluralism doesn't just mean diversity but also togetherness - primarily the understanding of the rules of the game - the European values structure.

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#14. America's strength is that it is capable of accepting people into its communities.

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