Tony Campolo Quotes

Muslim communities themselves, as they expect mainstream society to stand down racists, must do more to also stand down the Islamist extremists.

We think there should be a better countering-violent-extremism effort, that there should be a lead agency tasked to handle that.

The goal of isolating extremists and making them unwelcome in Muslim communities has been abandoned.

With awareness and a social movement against extremism, we can prevent our children from becoming terrorists.

The University of Westminster is well known for being a hotbed of extremist activity.

When you start targeting a community there is that feeling of anger the frustration and hatred that comes in and that brings the young people away from the community and goes into the extreme hands.

… dialogue is essential to winning the hearts and minds of moderate elements in societies vulnerable to radicalism.

To fight extremism, we will need to pursue a two-pronged strategy: both 'hard,' through stricter control of our borders and a more robust and technologically advanced security response, and 'soft,' based on better intelligence-gathering, working to return our mosques to their spiritual function and barring entry to foreign preachers.

We want to go further than preventing people from becoming terrorists and focus on a broader approach to counter-extremism - both violent and non-violent.

Around the continent, governments worry that indigenous groups are fertile ground for extremist, terrorist groups. We are trying to make sure that doesn't happen here.

The best answer to the extremists is to build a better world.

We must maximize our efforts to counter violent extremism, radicalization and recruitment in the United States and stop using xenophobia and ethnic stereotyping.

We need to understand that an open society and free speech and press... really are the best weapons against al Qaeda and extremism.

I'm not frightened about terrorism. I'm frightened about the roots of what we call terrorism.

Increasing extremism - across Africa and the world - must be understood in the context of the failure of our leaders properly to manage diversity within their borders.

Non-violent extremism is essentially the increase of intolerant and bigoted demands made by groups seeking to dominate society.

One of the lessons learned from 22 July is that we have to take seriously all those people who take part in debates on the Internet, expressing extreme views, and then meet them, discuss with them, bring them into the open. We have not used bans or used the laws to try to forbid parties or political tendencies which we don't like.

In Sheffield, we need support from the community and for the community. We need integration with no loss of heritage, and a clear appreciation of what is and is not acceptable.

And the truth is, those who are terrorists only have to succeed once, and those of us who are trying to build an inclusive society have to succeed every time.

Wherever I've been, I've left people who joined Hizb ut-Tahrir. I have to make amends. What I did was damaging to British society and the world at large.

The only way that we can win over potential jihadists to liberal democracy is by winning the battle of ideas.

These so-called extremists in Pakistan should be brought into the mainstream; if you marginalize them, you radicalize them.

We must find out where the roots of terrorism lie.

Citizenship in a diverse society means living with our deepest differences and committing ourselves to work for public policies that are in the best interest of all individuals, families, communities and our nation.

All Extremists Should Be Considered Dangerous