Does Islam Need Reform? Saba Ahmed vs. Shireen Qudosi

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The role of religious institutions does not only include the dissemination of beliefs, but also combating terrorism and extremism.
- Mohammed Najib Tun Abdul Razzaq Prime Minister, Malaysia
For too long has Pakistan provided safe haven to the Taliban and many terrorist organisations, but those days are over.
- Mike Pence Vice President, United States of America
Quite simply, my view is a dead terrorist can’t cause any harm to Britain. I do not believe that any terrorist, whether they come from this country or any other, should ever be allowed back into this country. ‘We should do everything we can do to destroy and eliminate that threat.’
- Gavin Williamson UK Defense Secretary
Iran’s naval forces will soon wave the Iranian flag in the Gulf of Mexico.
- Hossein Khanzadi Commander of the Iranian Navy
To say that Islam and Islamism have nothing to do with it is to deny any responsibility to act to our fellow Muslims. We must help them, we must help them to fight within themselves these totalitarian ideologies of Salafism or the Muslim Brotherhood.
- Manuel Valls Former French prime minister
We are going to maintain our commitment on the ground [in Syria] as long as we need to, to support our partners and prevent the return of terrorist groups.
- Eric Pahon Pentagon spokesman
Those that adhere to this ideology are really irreligious criminals who use a perverted, what the president has called a ‘wicked’ interpretation of religion in an effort to recruit young, impressionable people to their cause.
- H.R. McMaster National Security Adviser
Female circumcision has nothing to do with frigidity but that doesn't mean I defend female circumcision. It's a crime in the full sense of the word, but it doesn't cause frigidity at all.
- Heba Kotb Certified Egyptian sex therapist & TV show host
Those who have anti-female sentiments and want to place obstacles on the way of the success of the Muslim women of Afghanistan, are in a real sense, undermining the development of the country and the progress of Islamic civilization.
- Ashraf Ghani President of Afghanistan
We must clamp down on all Hezbollah activity in Europe, close its financial channels, put the proscribing of all of Hezbollah (not just the military wing) back on the agenda of the European Union...
- Hans Van Baalen President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Prisoners who behave inconspicuously at first mutate into ticking time bombs. Suddenly driven by hatred, they speak of wanting to commit murders.
- Ramazan Demir Australian imam
Indonesian women who seek to serve their country by joining the security forces shouldn’t have to subject themselves to an abusive and discriminatory ‘virginity test’ to do so.
- Nisha Varia Indonesian women’s rights advocacy director
A husband is allowed to look at his wife's phone due to his general rule over her, while the wife is not allowed to look at her husband's phone because of her lack of rule over him.
- Doctor Abd el-Rahman el-Jiran Kuwaiti lecturer on sharia
Germany and other European states must eventually exert stricter control over such meeting places of Islamists.
- Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al-Nahyan UAE Minister for Tolerance
“Blessed be the hands! Today there are dead people in El-Wahat!” [Muslim Brotherhood reaction to an attack that killed 58 police officers in Egypt]
- Karim Ali Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Member
“Imagine that a girl is looking at her life and how she wants to live it and she looks to a divorced teacher that has problems in her life. And this teacher, after the destruction that happened in her life, is giving advice to girls so they won’t fall into the same thing that she fell into. What will be the advice of such a woman?”
- Naim Qassem Second in command of Hezbollah
“Recognizing that religion can be a primary motivator for terrorism need not lead to the unwarranted condemnation of Islam.”
- Dr. Lorne Dawson Director of the Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security, and Society

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