I wouldn’t want to create the impression that I wouldn’t like the government of the United States to be Islamic sometime in the future. But I’m not going to do anything violent to promote that. I’m going to do it through education. Ibrahim Hooper Read Quote
There’s a sense of being under siege in many Muslim communities. People just assume there are agents or informants in their mosque now. It’s a fact of life. Ibrahim Hooper Read Quote
We’ve seen a tremendous rise in the level of anti-Muslim bigotry in our society – and against minorities of all kinds – but we’ve also seen a tremendous rise in support. Ibrahim Hooper Read Quote
Disrespect toward Jesus, as we have seen all too often in our society, is very offensive to Muslims. Ibrahim Hooper Read Quote
The Prophet Muhammad himself sought to erase any distinctions between the message he taught and that taught by Jesus, who he called God’s ‘spirit and word.’ Ibrahim Hooper Read Quote
Unfortunately, violent events and hate-filled rhetoric around the world provide ample opportunity for promoting religious hostility. Ibrahim Hooper Read Quote
Researchers looked at news programs on major broadcast and cable networks between 2008 and 2012 and found that of those labeled as domestic terrorists, 81% were identifiable as Muslims – this despite the fact that FBI reports from the period studied revealed that only 6% of domestic terrorist suspects were Muslim. Ibrahim Hooper Read Quote
A 2014 survey found that 74% of law-enforcement agencies reported antigovernment extremism as one of the top terrorist threats. Just 3% of those agencies viewed the threat from Muslim extremists as severe. Ibrahim Hooper Read Quote
Even though the moniker ‘Vanilla ISIS’ is tongue in cheek, it is a reminder to avoid constantly framing the concept of terrorism through an Islam-centric lens. Ibrahim Hooper Read Quote
I believe Saudi Arabia is the only Muslim country in which churches are prohibited. Ibrahim Hooper Read Quote
