Halima Aden Quotes

'Khalifa' is Arabic, it means successor, leader, shining light. My granddad is Muslim and he gave me that name.

I consider myself to have been formed by a lot of the locutions and aesthetics and principles of the Muslim way of life, and those are an important part of my childhood and my identity.

I'm a proud Greek. I carry my Hellenism like a badge of merit.

I'm proud of my Latin American heritage.

I'm very proud to be of Muslim faith.

I don't believe in God and all that. But I am Jewish, and very proud to be so, very proud of the culture.

I am Jewish and proud of this culturally and ethnically - the ways in which I was born this way and am happy with whom I am.

I don't know whether it is fortunate or unfortunate, but I have no such thing as national pride. I don't feel proud that I am Iranian. I happen to be who I am.

I feel so much pride to represent my community and be Latino. No doubt about it, above my career and sales being a Latino comes first.

We need to reflect the true identity of Muslims, how peaceful they are and really be able to talk to the Western media about the true look and heart of the Muslims.

I'm Irish on St. Patrick's Day. I'm Italian on Columbus Day. I'm a New Yorker every day.

My family are observant Muslims, but I've come to the faith through an intellectual conviction, and that's something that they've taught me. It's never been forced upon me. They've given me a very strong identity as an Australian Muslim.

Myself, first of all, I am a Jew. And that is the most important thing for me.

My family is Muslim. But I don't consider myself a very devout Muslim, but a cultural Muslim, whatever that means.

My national identity is first American. My religious identity is first Muslim.

Beside all this I think there was something personal, being Muslim myself who lived in the west I felt that it was my obligation my duty to tell the truth about Islam. It is a religion that has a 700 million following, yet it's so little known about it which surprised me.

My father is an Algerian, proud of who he is and I am proud that my father is Algerian.

We're a proud people. We don't want to be assimilated.

I am a Muslim first and I am a Muslim last. I have a British passport, but we are defined by our beliefs…. Wherever I am, I will propagate Islam.

A man's ethnic identity has more to do with a personal awareness than with geography.

The name Muhammad is the most common name in the world. In all the countries around the world - Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon - there are more Muhammads than anything else. When I joined the Nation of Islam and became a Muslim, they gave me the most famous name because I was the champ.

I wake up every day, and I'm a Puerto Rican girl from the Bronx. Every single day.

I always wanted my kids to be proud of their heritage.

I'm a Latina from Miami. I pity you if you think you're going out-shout me.

I've got the fighting Irish, and Puerto Ricans are some of the best fighters in the world. I'm proud of who I am, but it doesn't define me as a person.