Black Thought Quotes

Muslims’ Road

I grew up as a Muslim. I went to an Islamic elementary school. Most of my community was Muslim, so I grew up praying five times a day.

Was Sen. Barack Obama a Muslim? Did he ever practice Islam? The presidential candidate officially rejects the claims, but the issue of Obama's personal faith has re-emerged amid conflicting accounts of his enrollment as a Muslim during elementary school in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation.

You always had a few brothers that was speaking on Islam, like my brother's uncle. It wasn't big in my neighborhood, but with certain brothers, it was big. I respected it because Islam is my home. I found my home when Islam came to me. I've been living with it ever since.

My whole family was Muslim, and most of the people I knew were Muslim.

Growing up, I came to love Egypt and respect Islam, but I never thought to go beyond the surface. Back in Canada, many of my father's Egyptian friends questioned his decision not to raise his only child more strictly in the faith. I was not taught salat, the Muslim ritual of prayer, nor did I study Arabic.

I grew up with a lot of Muslim friends, and the whole idea of revelation has been a lifelong interest of mine.

Most Muslims do not 'choose' Islam in the way that they choose to become doctors or lawyers, nor even in the way that they choose to become fans of Coldplay or Radiohead. Most Muslims, like people of any faith, are born into their religion.

I really didn't grow up religious, and I didn't grow up acknowledging my Muslim identity. For me, I was a British Pakistani.

I'm a good Muslim and I'm only interested in Islam.

So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education.

I grew up in the United Methodist Church, and church was always a very big part of my growing up.

My mum told me once I was a Hindu.

Islam means peace.

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.

Looking at Islam in its original sense, it is very much like the Abrahamic tradition.

The Muslim [knows] his religion is a Koran and a sword….”

I admire the Islam. There's a lot of good principles in it.

I am proud of being a Somali-American Muslim, and my wardrobe has been an important part of my religious and cultural upbringing.

Actually we are Muslims because we believe in the religion of Islam.

I was born Muslim, but for a large part of my life, I wasn't necessarily raised Muslim. My father always kept everything around us, from Western philosophy to Eastern philosophy.

I feel more Jewish than I do Iranian.

Egypt has a devout population. People go out, they pray, they fast.

I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace.