Richard Dawkins Quotes

The growing tide of anti-Semitism shocks the conscious of everyone who values freedom, and the ugly, hateful acts particularly stain the character of democracies where liberty and religious freedom are supposed to be respected.

As a global society, we do not have to agree, endorse or condone the lifestyle choices of others. However, history has taught us that we equally cannot and should not excuse those who would hide behind religion or misuse God's word to justify bigotry and persecution.

I am disgusted by the anti-Semitism of many Italians, of many Europeans.

There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins.

It's a lie! I am not an anti-Semite. The World Jewish Congress supported me and said that I am not anti-Semitic.

I know we didn't make an anti-Semitic film. This is what the Gospels are. And it's none of my business what other people think of me.

Heretics are no longer burned at the stake. But they are marginalized by cultural and educational institutions.

Islam is a very evil and wicked religion.

The dumbest religion, after all, is Islam.

We consider anti-Semitism as a crime against humanity. At the same time we must consider Islamaphobia as a crime against humanity.

Making fun of born-again christians is like hunting dairy cows with a high powered rifle and scope.

While I've been in Congress, I've never experienced a whiff of anti-Semitism. In my life, I have experienced very little.

I believe the Islamic ideology is a retarded, dangerous one, but I make a distinction. I don't hate people. I don't hate Muslims.

I don't stand for anti-Semitism. We can't have that.

Any type of anti-Semitism in any form needs to be soundly rejected.

Anti-Semitism or discrimination of any kind has no place in our society.

I do not want to have anything to do with anybody who is racist or bigoted or anti-Semitic.

Social media has emboldened an army of online Islamophobes; in the real world, mosques have been firebombed and politicians line up to condemn Muslim terrorism/clothing/meat/seating arrangements.

There is no religion that has a monopoly on bigotry.

I first read 'The Scarlet Letter' when I was fifteen. In it, I found a familiar vision of religious intolerance to the one around me. I grew up in the 1980s, when televangelists, with their fluffed up hair and their tears, self-righteously denounced all kinds of sinners, reserving a special, full-throated enthusiasm for gay people.

We must stand together united in solidarity against the targeting, demonization, and vilification of any group of people.

I know how it feels to be hated because of my religious beliefs.

We have been sold a Muslim boogeyman. We are buying into it, and we are terrified, and that terror is causing people to lash out at comedians like myself or women wearing hijabs, or anyone who seems to defend equality for Muslims worldwide.

Israel is stupid for allowing people to vent their anti-Semitism.

We are living in an age when anti-Semitism is on the rise here at home.