Islam Is Peace Quotes

#1. The face of terror is not the true faith of Islam. That's not what Islam is all about. Islam is peace. These terrorists don't represent peace. They represent evil and war.

George W. Bush

#2. I'm just hoping that people understand that Islam is peace and not violence.

Muhammad Ali

#3. Six days after 9/11 George W. Bush visited a mosque and said quote, "Islam is peace."

Wolf Blitzer

#4. Muslims are not bloodthirsty people. Islam is a religion of peace that forbids the killing of the innocent. Islam also accepts the Prophets, whether those prophets are Mohammed, God's peace and blessing be upon Him, or Moses or the other prophets of the Books.

Abdullah Of Saudi Arabia

#5. It seems to me that this debate, whether Islam is a religion of peace or not, really, it's irrelevant for outsiders. It's for Muslims to decide whether it's a religion of peace or not.

Chuck Todd

#6. Islam is not part of the problem in combating violent extremism - it is an important part of promoting peace.

Barack Obama

#7. Islam is not a religion of peace. Islam is a religion of war, and most Muslims don't understand the true nature of Islam.

Mosab Hassan Yousef

#8. Critical to the fight against global terrorism is an ability to move beyond presuppositions and stereotypes in our attitudes and policies and to form partnerships that transcend an "us" and "them" view of the world. (p. 135)

John L. Esposito

#9. The real Muslim is the one who prefers speaking the truth even when it is ruinous to him over lying even when it benefits him, and who finds inner peace in doing so.

Ali Ibn Abi Talib

#10. Language is the key to the heart of people.

Ahmed Deedat

#11. In a World where people are surrounded by darkness, ignorance and fear, it is a sign of hope to be celebrating Islam's message of peace and light, and the last great Messenger, born and chosen to deliver them to all mankind.

Cat Stevens

#12. The point of Islam is to promote peace.

Lupe Fiasco

#13. Islam doesn't promote violence or peace. Islam is just a religion, and like every religion in the world, it depends on what you bring to it. If you're a violent person, your Islam, your Judaism, your Christianity, your Hinduism, is going to be violent.

Reza Aslan

#14. Al-Qa'ida is the antithesis of the peace, tolerance and humanity that is at the heart of Islam.

John O. Brennan

#15. I think Muslims have become the new Negroes in America. They are being mistreated at airports, by the Immigration - everywhere. Islam is a religion of peace. They are wrong.

Jermaine Jackson

#16. The position of the Muslim community in the face of all provocations seems to be: Islam is a religion of peace, and if you say that it isn't, we will kill you.

Sam Harris

#17. It's probably incorrect to say that Islam is 'a religion of peace,' as some politicians like to say. Overstatements like that don't clarify anything.

Jay Parini

#18. Ibn Mas'ud reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Shall I tell you who is unlawful for the Fire - or the one for whom the Fire is unlawful? It is unlawful for everyone who is easy, flexible, modest and uncomplicated.

Muhammad Al-Tirmidhi

#19. Islam might not be a challenge for our survival, but when it comes from the Saudis, it really is a concerning problem for the world peace and prosperity.

M.F. Moonzajer

#20. Usually the term phobia refers to the psychological fear of the human mind from something that poses a threat. But when a species starts using the term fear against a biological portion of itself, there is nothing more demeaning than this.

Abhijit Naskar

#21. Let me make my point in the simplest possible terms: Islam is not a religion of peace.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

#22. I can say with a level of confidence that Islam is not a religion of war, only because the majority of Muslims don't subscribe to that perspective, not because there's something inherent in the text that tells me it's a religion of peace.

Maajid Nawaz

#23. Islam is the only religion that gives dignity to the poor.

Ramsey Clark

#24. The claim that Islam is a religion of peace is a nicety invented by Western politicians so as either not to offend their Muslim populations or simply lie to themselves that everything might yet turn out fine. In fact, since its beginning Islam has been pretty violent.

Douglas Murray

#25. The difference must be distinguished between worship and respect. Islam orders you to obey and respect, as long as you are not worshiping anything other than God ... Islam is a religion of peace. You don't attack. You explain.

Hakeem Olajuwon

#26. I beg Osama to stop warring. He is a Muslim, and Islam means peace. Nobody wins in a war ... I wish I were tapped in the problem about Iraq. I knew Saddam enough that I could have talked him into surrendering. But it's too late.

Imelda Marcos

#27. There is one Islam, unreformed, but three sets of Muslims. Medina, Mecca, and. Dissidents, reformers, whatever you want to call them. The first group are the extremists and fundamentalists, the second the great mass of Muslims who just want to live their lives in peace, and the third are reformers.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

#28. Those who say Islam is a warlike religion must ask if Christianity has been as well.

Wendell Berry

#29. The very word Islam means peace, which is nonviolence.

Mahatma Gandhi

#30. Koran says whoever believes in God in the last day shall be saved. It is a religion whose very name, Islam, comes from the word Shalom, which means peace. It's about establishing peace. We greet each other with peace be upon you, which the Jews do in greeting each other.

Feisal Abdul Rauf

#31. What's really hurting me, the name Islam is involved, and Muslim is involved and causing trouble and starting hate and violence ... Islam is not a killer religion ... Islam means peace, I couldn't just sit home and watch people label Muslims as the reason for this problem.

Muhammad Ali

#32. Is Islam a religion of peace? I'm sure for some of the practitioners, but it's been hijacked by people who have an ideology that wants to destroy western civilization, and they're barbarians.

Jeb Bush

#33. The Islam that we know is a faith devoted to the worship of one God, as revealed through The Holy Qur'an. It teaches the value and the importance of charity, mercy, and peace.

George W. Bush

#34. The idea is that they wouldn't want to deal with militant Islam but an Islam and Muslims who are committed to progress, committed to development, who like peace and are moderate in their ways. So that's what we are doing here.

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi