Paul Nehlen Quotes

There is Islam in politics in the Moslem world.

In Islam, there is no difference between the state and the religion. The religion is the state, the state is the religion

I always found it ironic when a Saudi official bashes Islamists, given that Saudi Arabia is the mother of all political Islam - and even describes itself as an Islamic state in its 'Higher Law.'

It is often said that definitions of Islamic government are imprecise. To me, however, they seemed to have a clarity that was completely familiar and also, it must be said, far from reassuring.

There is this political ideology in the Muslim world that says that nations should be ruled by religious law…. Mali and Senegal are the exceptions.

Western governments have completely separated Islam from politics. They have cut off its head and given the rest to us.

Give them Islam, proclaim to the world the program of Islamic government; maybe the kings and presidents of the Muslim countries will understand the truth of what we say and accept it. We would not want to take anything away from them; we will leave anyone in his place who faithfully follows Islam.

Islam does not believe in democracy, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, or freedom of assembly. It does not separate religion and politics. It is partly a religion, but it is much more than that. It has a political agenda that goes far outside the realm of religion.

I don't believe there is such a thing as a moderate Islamist party. The challenge with Islamists is that they seek to impose what they call Sharia on everybody, Muslim and non-Muslim alike.

Islamism is an ideology that seeks to impose any version of Islam over society.

The bulk of Sharia is nothing more than the legal opinions of classical jurists. That is why whenever the Sharia is imposed—out of context from the time when it was formulated and out of step with ours—Muslim societies acquire a medieval feel. We see that in Saudi Arabia, Iran, the Sudan, and Afghanistan under the Taliban.

From its inception, Islam was not merely a religion, but also a political community, the nation of Islam (ummat al-Islam). Muhammad was not merely a prophet communicating the word of God, but a political leader. Hence, any victory by the army of a Muslim state over non-Muslims is perceived as a victory for Islam itself.

It is our duty now to implement and put into practice the plan of government established by Islam… We will create a strong new current of thought and a powerful popular movement that will result in the establishment of an Islamic government.

We demand .. the government of the rightly guided caliphate, which is established on the basis of the sovereignty of sharia and not on the whims of the majority.

If you want Islam to be an agent of salvation, you must rule….. Islam has come to govern and run life in a proper fashion …. Islam without government and a Moslem nation without Islam are meaningless.

My view on Islam is that it is not so much a religion as a totalitarian political ideology with religious elements.

Islamic State practise a brand of Islamic law so strict that apparently Raqqa only has two Irish Pubs.

Islamism is not Islam. Islamism is the politicisation of Islam, the desire to impose a version of this ancient faith over society.

I became, suddenly, not just a Muslim in faith. I became a Muslim in politics. Somebody whose politics were pre-defined by one interpretation of Islam.

The Muslim Brotherhood and the Salifist parties are a real force in the Egyptian society.

Islam has been transformed from a religion to an ideology.

Our goal is not ... the provinces, but the restoration of the caliphate and the rule of the Book of God throughout the Islamic nation.

The foundations of [Islamic] religious democracy are different from Western democracy

Here's the thing you got to remember: I don't believe that the breakpoint is terrorism. I believe... the breakpoint is Sharia.

Strong Islamist trends make a fundamentalist Palestine more likely than a small state under a secular government.