Omar Bongo Quotes

The suicide-bombing community is not absolutely 100 percent religious, but it is pretty nearly 100 percent religious.

The weapon of suicide bombing is so desperate that you aren't even left with the possibility of taking revenge or punishing anyone; the terrorist is killed along with his victims, his blood mixing with theirs.

The suicide bomber's imagination leads him to believe in a brilliant act of heroism, when in fact he is simply blowing himself up pointlessly and taking other people's lives.

I can in one week assemble five hundred faithful ready to throw themselves into suicide operations. No frontier will stop them.

A suicide bomber is a two-legged missile. Once it’s launched, it’s very difficult to intercept.

What the fundamentalists are doing is a total negation of their own faith - encouraging and lionizing suicide bombers and killing women and children, hardly in keeping with the teachings of Prophet Mohammed.

Bottoms line: terrorists are always at work.

A terrorist is one who kills innocents for the pursuit of a political aim.

Terrorists convince thousands of people to kill themselves in the name of God. I can't convince two of my friends to help me move.

There is no escape plan because the perpetrators will become martyrs. They will go to the target and not return.

Terrorists aren’t states; they are martyrs with no address.

We look to them [Islamic leaders] to condemn suicide bombers and terrorists who use Islam as a weapon to destabilize and destroy innocent lives. Sadly, apart from a few courageous examples, very few Muslim leaders condemn, clearly and unconditionally, the evil of suicide bombers who kill innocent people. We need to hear outright condemnation of theologies that state that suicide bombers are martyrs and enter a martyr's reward. We need to hear Muslims expressing their outrage and condemning such evil.

The real threat comes from terrorism.

Radical Islamist extremists surely hope that an attack on Iraq will kill many people and destroy much of the country, providing recruits for terrorist actions.

For Islamist terrorist groups such as ISIS, the holy month of Ramadan - a time of fasting and prayer for the vast majority of Muslims - is seen as a particularly auspicious time to launch terrorist attacks.

Terrorism and religious extremism are huge challenges. They go hand in glove.

Al-Qaida is a cult of martyrdom.

Terrorism and extremism bear different names and labels. It uses diverse causes. But in each case, it is driven by distortion of religion and a misguided belief in its power to succeed.

We often hear Islamists declare, 'We love death as much as you people in the west love life.' Well, if we're going to now celebrate and jubilate in the death of Bin Laden, I have to say, I think that comes eerily close to mimicking the likes of the Islamists. And that gives me the creeps.

I think flying planes into a building was a faith-based initiative. I think religion is a neurological disorder.

If it acts like a terrorist, if it walks like a terrorist, if it fights like a terrorist, it's a terrorist, right?

Suicidal terrorists may have short shelf lives.

I think what Osama bin Laden does is to take the fact that some peoples lack hope and lack opportunity, and twist it to his own ends.

If you are talking about terrorism, you need to sit down and understand what is making these people put dynamite around their waists and blow themselves up.

It is a warning to all those who may think about becoming involved with a terrorist network, people who are willing to destroy their own lives are hard to deter.