The fear tactic is a tactic that's used by people who want to maintain control, and it's very effective.
Hamza YusufPractice makes permanent, not perfect. If you practice the wrong thing, you make the wrong act permanent.
Hamza YusufIn our inherent contradictions as humans, and in order to validate our own pain, we deny the pain of others. But it is in acknowledging the pain of others that we achieve fully our humanity.
Hamza YusufWhatever is for the sake of Allah will go on and continue. Whatever is for other than Allah, it will end and be severed
Hamza YusufMuslims have been an almost entirely benevolent force in the 20th century. They did not wreak the havoc the Western powers wreaked on the world. They have not come anywhere near to the environmental degradation that we've done to the planet. So I think Muslims need to be seen in the proper light. They're mostly decent, hardworking people, people with deep family values, and they want to live in peace.
Hamza Yusuf