Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Quotes

Islam does have two faces—a bright face and an evil face, and we must work with the former. The reaction of Moslems against Islamic extremism doesn’t get the coverage it should.

Moderate Islam? That's a contradiction.

Islam is not a religion of peace. Islam is a religion of war, and most Muslims don't understand the true nature of Islam.

The West has been calling for years for the forces of moderate Islam to stand up to the very small percentage but very large number of radical Muslims all around the world. When countries - the U.A.E. or Egypt or Jordan - do that, we need to highlight it, we need to celebrate it, and we need to continue to encourage it.

The vast majority of Muslims are moderates working for a better future and seeking a peaceful life.

We must work with moderate Moslems who are also the victims of Islamic fundamentalism and terrorism.

We will work to educate the public regarding the current threat to America of radicals who exploit Islam through militancy. We believe in the equality of the sexes which is well established in the Koran., We will promote tolerance in Islam as being a fundamental principle of the Holy Koran.

We have a toxic ideology, hopefully very small, within Islam; certainly most people, most Muslims, don't agree with this violent, jihadist approach.

It's very alarming to see what's happening in the Muslim world. And it's about time we come to our senses and realize that moderation is the only path that will ensure peace and stability for the Muslim world, and for the wider world.

You are right, but the weakness does not come from the millions of Muslims in the world. They do not mind being radical, they have no fear to speak out and to protest and to jihad.

In the Muslim world, there are many people who have been vocal and we have been very vocal against extremists. But how to win this battle is an ongoing battle. And we must continue to wage the battle for peace.

The enemy is not just terrorism. It is the threat posed specifically by Islamist terrorism, by Bin Ladin and others who draw on a long tradition of extreme intolerance within a minority strain of Islam that does not distinguish politics from religion, and distorts both.

Reject racial or religious hate. Embrace moderate Islam.

Muslims are not bloodthirsty people. Islam is a religion of peace that forbids the killing of the innocent. Islam also accepts the Prophets, whether those prophets are Mohammed, God's peace and blessing be upon Him, or Moses or the other prophets of the Books.

The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous.

The best antidote to extremism is not greater exposure to Western values… but greater involvement by moderate Islamists.

If new, moderate leadership doesn’t persevere, we will see growing Muslim fundamentalism in America. The neoconservatives have recognized this, but their frightening solutions thwart progressive Muslims and empower extremists who argue that Westerners are intent on destroying Islam.

I am not big on the idea that a rapid injection of democracy will reform radical Moslems.

If radical Islam is ever to be shunted aside it will be by other Moslems with alternate interpretations.

The Saudis are the primary sponsor of the Sunni version of Islamofascism.

Terrorism is a part of mainstream Islam. The Koran preaches violence.

The sword is too much in evidence among Mussalmans [Muslims]. It must be sheathed if Islam is to be what it means—peace.

The genuine separation of mosque and state and the effective governance of religious institutions will facilitate better religious education and reintroduce moderate Islamic thinking...

There is the moderate, Westernized Islam on which we have hung our hopes, and there is everyone else.... And if allowed to play out to its goal of world domination, radical Islam will make the “domino theory” of Southeast Asia pale by comparison.

I make a clear distinction between the people and the ideology, between Muslims and Islam, recognizing that there are many moderate Muslims.