Quotes About The Nation Of Islam

#1. Hip-hop in the '90s began moving towards the Nation of Islam and the 5 Percenters, black nationalist movements; very much so, these movements embraced a form of Islam: Malcom X's form of Islam prior to his change.

Maajid Nawaz

#2. I never was in the Nation of Islam ... I mean, what I call myself is a natural Muslim, 'cause it's just me and God. You know, going to the mosque, the ritual and the tradition, it's just not in me to do. So I don't do it.

Ice Cube

#3. I was involved with the Nation of Islam. I wasn't doing no marching. I've been involved with the Nation for 50 years. Back in those days, they tried to label us as black Muslims. There are Muslims all over the world. It doesn't have to be black; it doesn't matter what color he is.

The Mighty Hannibal

#4. The rise of African nations concurrent with the spread of the Nation of Islam and the civil rights movement gave black America a burst of pride over and above anything they had had since the decline of the movement of Marcus Garvey.

John Henrik Clarke

#5. Any number of my former brothers felt they would make heroes of themselves in the Nation of Islam if they killed me ... I knew that no one would kill you quicker than Muslim if he felt that's what Allah wanted him to do.

Malcolm X

#6. The Nation of Islam provides an antidote in the United States to fundamentalist Islam - which is why individuals from America have to go abroad to find radical teachings.

Wole Soyinka

#7. But when I reintroduced the Nation of Islam, and began to host meetings in cities and thousands and thousands of people come out.

Louis Farrakhan

#8. My best vacation is somewhere I could hide, somewhere warm and not a lot of people around.

Derek Jeter

#9. Nobody can accept the truth while hiding from it. When a decision matters, we have to stare at the truth unflinchingly. Only then do we find peace in our choices.

Brandon Mull

#10. A day will come when the nationalists will find themselves the only defenders of Islam. They will have to give a special meaning to it if they want the Arab nation to have a good reason for survival.

Michel Aflaq

#11. The nation of Dubai banned the movie Charlie's Angles because it's "offensive to the religion of Islam." Apparently, the religion of Islam is offended by anything without a plot.

Jon Stewart

#12. To blacks, it was abundantly clear what groups like the NAACP and CORE wanted; the NOI, by contrast and largely by design, had no clear social program that realistically could be implemented (215).

Manning Marable

#13. We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation.

Barack Obama

#14. I got religion in the airport, my Lord. They caught me waiting on my baggage when I was bored.

Neil Young

#15. I think all actors experience ups and downs.

Peter Capaldi

#16. However, those who have used those words use half the sentence to fit their purpose, which, of course, I believe is to discredit me and the new Nation of Islam that has come up around me.

Louis Farrakhan

#17. I can fight with all actors, I can face them and win, but I cannot fight aliens.

Shahrukh Khan

#18. Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation

Barack Obama

#19. Moses has revealed the existence of God to his nation. Jesus Christ to the Roman world, Muhammad to the old continent ...

Napoleon Bonaparte

#20. Bluegrass is wonderful music. I'm glad I originated it.

Bill Monroe

#21. In my book, the Arab Awakening, I talk about the fact that we have to move from this. All the contemporary ideologies of political Islam have been based on the nation state. The nation state is very problematic but I'm not sure if we have an alternative political model.

Tariq Ramadan

#22. I think our nation's at war with radical Islam. The primary goal of these groups is to attack our nation. Washington's a prime target.

Lindsey Graham

#23. "Some would call you a saint, some a chandala; some a lunatic, others a demon. Go on then straight to thy work without heeding either" - thus saith one of our great Sannyasins, an old emperor of India, King Bhartrihari, who joined the order in old times.

Swami Vivekananda

#24. I like how strong Sade is and how she doesn't give away too much.

Jessie Ware

#25. Today we can establish Sharia law because our nation will acquire well-being only with Islam and Sharia. The Muslim Brothers and the Freedom and Justice Party will be the conductors of these goals,

Mohammed Morsi

#26. Is it better to be loved or feared?

Niccolo Machiavelli

#27. Easter is a time where we are reminded that conclusions in man's mind are beginnings in God's plan.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

#28. We certainly love the Muslim people. But that is not the faith of this country. And that is not the religion that built this nation. The people of the Christian faith and the Jewish faith are the ones who built America, and it is not Islam.

Franklin Graham

#29. Who would benefit from a war of civilizations between the West and Islam? Answer: one nation, one leader, one party. Israel, Sharon, Likud.

Pat Buchanan

#30. Boy, you knock on the devil's door and he will head slam you through the wall.

Sherrilyn Kenyon