What Islam says, Expert Voices:

That’s not what Islam is all about. Islam is peace

–former President George W. Bush (Christian)

Now let’s make two things clear: ISIL is not “Islamic”

Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance

– President Barack Hussein Obama (Christian- though some argue that his attendance at an Indonesian Madrasa indicates that he is Muslim)

It has nothing to do with being a Muslim or following the Islamic faith

–Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, commenting on a man who said he was motivated by Islam to shoot a policeman. (Christian)

“I spend a lot of time running from the Bangladeshi to the Pakistani to the Maghrebian to the Sunnah Wahabi mosque.”

–Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Christian)

Islam is part of us

–Chancellor Angela Merkel (Christian)

Muslims are the first victims of fanaticism

–President François Hollande (Christian)

The Muslim community contributes to cultural, economic, and spiritual diversity of our city

–Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges (Christian)

Islam is a peaceful religion of compassion

– Prime Minister Charles Michel (Belgium) (Christian)

…in the West, in turn, we need to be taught by Islamic teachers how to learn with our hearts, as well as our heads

– Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales (Head of the Church of England)

Nobody should fall in the gross deception that jihadism represents Islam… or the fallacy which says that there is an Islamic war against the West

– Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (Christian)

For authentic Islam and the proper reading of the Quran are opposed to every form of violence

– Pope Francis (Head of the Roman Catholic Church)

The sayings of Muhammad are a treasure of wisdom not only for Muslims but for all of mankind.

– Mahatma Gandhi (Hindu)

What Islam Says, Dissenting Voices:

We will conquer your Rome, break your crosses, and enslave your women.

– Sheikh Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, the Islamic State’s chief spokesman (Muslim)

The reality is that the Islamic State is Islamic. Very Islamic… the religion preached by its most ardent followers derives from coherent and even learned interpretations of Islam.

– Graeme Wood, contributing editor at The Atlantic (religious identity unknown)

Islam is the religion of war

– Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, BA, MA, and PhD in Islamic studies from the Islamic University of Baghdad; Caliph of ISIS (Muslim)

There is no moderate or immoderate Islam. Islam is Islam and that’s it

– Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey (Muslim)

We will export our revolution throughout the world because it is an Islamic revolution

– Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founding father of Iran’s Islamic Republic (Muslim)

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