“Forget about having an identity crisis and get some identity capital. … Do something that adds value to who you are. Do something that's an investment in who you might want to be next.”
“I think forcing people to uncover their head is as tyrannical as forcing them to cover it.”
— Mustafa Akyol
Mustafa Akyol: Faith versus tradition in Islam
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“Arab masses just revolted against their dictators. They were asking for democracy; they were asking for freedom. They did not turn out to be the Islamist bogeyman that the dictators were always using to justify their regime.”
— Mustafa Akyol
Mustafa Akyol: Faith versus tradition in Islam
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