A biography for Hamza Yusufhasn’t been written yet.
“I think that the idea of a war on an abstract noun is unacceptable.”
“All peoples have contributed to the overall progress and enhancement of human life.”
“Radicalization is very easy when you mock what people hold dear.”
“In being aware of others' hunger, we contribute to a more empathic world.”
“Certainly, hunger can bring out the worst in us. But it can also bring out the best.”
“We must assert to the Abrahamic people that we are the last extension of the Abrahamic religion... There is no such thing as an Islamic tribe.”
“Muslims are not ashamed of their Prophet's teaching about war. On the contrary, for us it is a great source of pride.”
“Hunger can bring out the worst in us.”
“We want to counter the idea that Muslims and non-Muslims can't live together. This is not who we are or who we want to be.”
“I know that people can live celibate lives. I did it myself for many years.”
“A democracy is predicated on an educated citizenry. You cannot have a democracy with people that are more interested in what Nicole Kidman is doing or whoever the latest fashion model is.”
“I've said some things about other religions that I regret now. I think they were incorrect.”
“ISIS is very similar to the Kharijites, who were a toxic off-shoot of Islam. It's not Islam; it's a perversion of Islam, and to label these militant externalities as Islam is to legitimize their actions.”
“A tree grows. If you're staying the same, something is wrong. You're not alive.”
“My alignment is with what I perceive as just and fair. If it's with the Muslims, then I'm with the Muslims, if it's with the West then I'm with the West. It's about justice and fairness.”
“Ideas must counter ideas. You can drop all the bombs you want, but if you don't pull up weeds by their roots, they just grow back.”
“We Muslims in the West, like Jews before us, grapple with the same issues that Jews of the past did: integration or isolation, tradition or reform, intermarriage or intra-marriage.”
“The entrenched beliefs many westerners profess about Islam often reveal more about the West than they do about Islam or Muslims.”
“Reason cannot calm the storm of emotion, and emotion usually wins, until it settles down and allows reason to rise again and apologize on behalf of it.”
“Many people in the West do not realise how oppressive some Muslim states are - both for men and for women. This is a cultural issue, not an Islamic one.”