Keith Ellison Quotes

I've not experienced racism from other players. Not once. You experience ignorance but that's not the same at all, and I'm always happy to discuss things. If that helps people learn about Islam, to learn there's nothing to fear, then great, that's all part of my role.

You don't have to read the Quran to love me... love the actions, love the things that I do. Look at those, and that will help people get beyond whatever fear or stereotypical thing that they might be thinking about.

I remember while I was at school some of my Muslim friends talked about a handful of people spoiling things in every culture. Hatred or hurt or pain isn't specific to a religion. I think it's a matter of acceptance. The one thing the world has to accept is everybody is different. What is normal to us is different and unusual to somebody else.

I try to look for the good in everybody, regardless of the way they're labeled.

I can now say that the more I learnt about Islam, the more tolerant I became.

Teach children tolerance. No one need surrender his or her own beliefs while extending tolerance to those with other beliefs.

I don't want people to judge books by their cover, I want people to be open minded to the rest of the world.

Ignorance is the source of hatred, and the way to get rid of ignorance is realization.

We need to be open minded to understand that there are lots of different levels of things going on and we shouldn't be so quick to judge - and certainly not to judge a whole race, a whole religion or a whole people - and a lot of that is going on.

Don't criticize what you can't understand.

It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to respect our neighbours and be respected in our turn.

I try to support groups that are about educating people about different races, different religions, different cultures and different situations so that we can break down the barriers of prejudice and bigotry.

I think there has been a lack of full cooperation from too many people in the Muslim community.

The show doesn't drive home a lesson, but it can open up people's minds enough for them to see how stupid every kind of prejudice can be.

If I were president of the United States, I would include Moslems in my presidency.

Yes, obviously, there's this degree of wanting people to accept other people faiths and philosophies.

The great majority of Americans do not know much about Islam but nonetheless fear it as violent, expansionist and alien to their society. The problem to overcome is not hatred, but ignorance.

The highest result of education is tolerance.

The problem of Islam as a political force is an essential one for our time and for the years to come, and we cannot approach it with a modicum of intelligence if we start out from a position of hatred.

It's no secret that I'm called to a different place, maybe, for some of the beliefs in the LGBTQ community because of my faith. With that said, I'm also called to be accepting and compassionate.

I like the Bay Area because it's very diverse, and I'm in touch with the people.

I have friends of all religions and respect each of their beliefs.

We must create a climate where people agree that human beings are more alike than unalike. The only way to do that is through education.

A funny thing about tolerant people? They're really only tolerant when you agree with them.

If the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris had nothing to do with Islam as President Francois Hollande suggested, why did he invite Muslim community leaders to meet him the day after the tragedy?