"I found the speech, after listening to it in context, vile in manner, repugnant, malicious, mean-spirited and spoken in mockery of individuals and people, which is against the spirit of Islam. While I stand by the truths that he spoke, I must condemn in the strongest terms the manner in which those truths were represented."
React to this quote
More by Khalid Abdul Muhammad
See allResonant Thoughts
"Muhammad seduced the people by promises of carnal pleasure to which the concupiscence of the flesh goads us. His teaching also contained precepts that were in conformity with his promises, and he gave…"
"I can suggest no remedy, but would prefer present evils to those resulting from the creation of too centralized a power; and the answer, to my mind, is obvious. The true remedy must be found, not in p…"
Explore Further
Related Quotes
"A servant is the true reflection of his master."
— Arthur M. Jolly"Poetry is simply literature reduced to the essence of its active principle. It is purged of idols of every …"
— Paul Valéry"Art is magic. So say the surrealists. But how is it magic? In its metaphysical development? Or does some fi…"
— Hans Hofmann"Under the attentiveness was fear, and something else. Anger, hate—the instinctive rejection of an intolerab…"
— Leigh Brackett"The confession of our failings is a thankless office. It savors less of sincerity or modesty than of ostent…"
— William Hazlitt"The stark truth, of course, is that they have not abolished the death penalty at all. They have merely tran…"
— George MacDonald Fraser
