"Which American values can, even remotely, be called Islamic? Democracy? Freedom? Equality? Secularism? Gender equity? Freedom of thought? The right to free expression? The right to critique any holy cow? Does even one of these values exist in a single Islamic state…? Is even one of these values extended to all Muslim citizens of an Islamic state?…What would be the fate of Hindus working in Saudi Arabia if they should advocate the replacement of the word "Islamic" with "Islamic-Hindu" in all references to the kingdom’s heritage?"
React to this quote
More by Varsha Bhosle
See allResonant Thoughts
"The deepest, the intelligible, part of the nature of man is that part which does not take refuge in causality, but which chooses in freedom the good or the bad."
"Nobody would say the cowshed was heaven and nobody would say the inhuman torture of so many victims be called a revolution of the proletariat. … A museum should be established to remind China of the f…"
Explore Further
Related Quotes
"His nation of liberty was founded on the backs of Negro slaves and at the cost of exterminating the aborigi…"
— Kage Baker"It is not enough to accept a concept of order and live by it; that is cowardice, and such cowardice cannot …"
— Colin Wilson"The independence of our nation is inseparable from our interdependence as a people"
— John Avlon"We stand then for freedom, because we claim the right to develop our own individuality and evolve our own d…"
— Chittaranjan Das"The ideal is a totally free debate where everyone can write what they want so that all opinions can be let …"
— Nils Funcke"There is something sinister that stems from the fact that freedom and tolerance are so often separated from…"
— Pope Benedict XVI
