Extremism Quotes

The truth, however, is that most Muslims appear to be fundamental-ist in the Western sense of the word—in that even moderateapproaches to Islam generally consider the Koran to be the literal andinerrant word of the one true God. The difference between funda-mentalists and moderates—and certainly the difference between allextremists and moderates—is the degree to which they see politicaland military action to be intrinsic to the practice of their faith. In anycase, people who believe that Islam must inform every dimension ofhuman existence, including politics and law, are now generally callednot fundamentalists or extremists but, rather, Islamists.

~ Sam Harris

I fear for the world the Internet is creating. Before the advent of the web, if you wanted to sustain a belief in far-fetched ideas, you had to go out into the desert, or live on a compound in the mountains, or move from one badly furnished room to another in a series of safe houses. Physical reality—the discomfort and difficulty of abandoning one’s normal life—put a natural break on the formation of cults, separatist colonies, underground groups, apocalyptic churches, and extreme political parties. But now, without leaving home, from the comfort of your easy chair, you can divorce yourself from the consensus on what constitutes “truth.” Each person can live in a private thought bubble, reading only those websites that reinforce his or her desired beliefs, joining only those online groups that give sustenance when the believer’s courage flags.

~ Ellen Ullman

The fans are always more radical than that which they are fans.

~ Criss Jami

Were people to mingle only with those of like mind, every man would be an insulate being. Thomas Jefferson

~ John Ferling

You have to quit confusing a madness with a mission.

~ Flannery O'connor

If you think of your own mother to be the only true mother in the world and thereby start belittling people from other mothers as bastards, that makes you a bigot and a germ on the face of earth. This is an unhealthy bias, even though in your personal mental universe it may provide you extreme comfort. This is exactly what we see in the religious fundamentalists.

~ Abhijit Naskar

I believe that am entire nation should not be judged by the wrongdoings of a few extremists.

~ Marjane Satrapi

But, he thought, what does it mean, insane? A legal definition. What do I mean? I feel it, see it, but what is it?He thought, It is something they do, something they are. It is their unconsciousness. Their lack of knowledge about others. Their not being aware of what they do to others, the destruction they have caused and are causing. No, he thought. That isn't it. I don't know; I sense it, I intuit it. But -- they are purposelessly cruel... is that it? No, God, he thought. I can't find it, make it clear. Do they ignore parts of reality? Yes. But it is more. It is their plans. Yes, their plans. The conquering of the planets. Something frenzied and demented, as was their conquering of Africa, and before that, Europe and Asia.Their view; it is cosmic. Not a man here, a child there, but an abstraction : race, land. Volk. Land. Blut. Ehre. Not of honourable men but of Ehre itself, hounor; the abstract is real, the actual is invisible to them. Die Güte, but not good men, this good man. It is their sense of space and time.

~ Philip K. Dick

Socialism, communism, and fascism are the political manifestations of unachievable ideals, carried to genocidal extremes.

~ Mike Klepper

Patriotism is a kind of religion, it is the egg from which wars are hat

~ Guy De Maupassant

Virulence is the sound of a self-selecting community talking to itself and positively reinforcing itself with no obligation to answer to anyone or look anyone in the eye.

~ Thomas L. Friedman

Our values were under attacks, in ParisTell them:We stand UNITEDWe'll defend our valuesWe'll NOT be DIVIDED

~ Widad Akreyi

Generalization is the biggest challenge that must be dealt with if we are to create spaces for constructive dialogue where muslims feel they are welcomed. This is equally true with regards to Westerners! Not all Westerners are against muslims, and not all terrorist attacks in the West are linked to Islamic jihadists.

~ Widad Akreyi

The free world cannot afford to accept any form of extremism, whether it is fascism, racism or religious extremism.

~ Widad Akreyi

I will follow anyone... and invite everyone... too unite and defend the freedom of expression.

~ Widad Akreyi

If I were a Palestinian at the right age, I would have joined one of the terrorist organizations at a certain stage.

~ Ehud Barak

I had no knowledge of divine help, and all the world lost faith in gradual progress.

~ Joy Davidman

I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to order than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a more convenient season.

~ Martin Luther King Jr.