The House of Islam Quotes

“We cannot, in the name pluralism and tolerating different views within Islam, tolerate intolerance.”
― Ed Husain, The House of Islam: The Hearts and Minds of a Billion Believers

“For how much longer will we blame the West and take comfort in conspiracy theories? Expelling extremists is fully within Muslim control.”
― Ed Husain, The House of Islam: The Hearts and Minds of a Billion Believers

“There is no greater touchstone of civilisation than the way it treats its minorities. And in our case, the Muslim world's treatment of Israel and the Jews, that beleaguered minority of only 20 million people, is among the greatest of tests for Muslim civilisational coexistence.”
― Ed Husain, The House of Islam: The Hearts and Minds of a Billion Believers

“Upon accepting the keys to Jerusalem, as the new ruler of the city, he invited the Jews back to live, pray and be among the people of Jerusalem. After 500 years of being banished by the Romans, it was Omar and the pluralist spirit of Islam that brought Jews home to Jerusalem. Today's Muslims would do well to remember the ways of these early Muslim luminaries.”
― Ed Husain, The House of Islam: The Hearts and Minds of a Billion Believers

“And no, this was not the fault of the Jews, or of the West, but of us Muslims, we who claim to be fighting daily to 'liberate Jerusalem' and yet neglect the very heart of the city. This has to end. Old attitudes will have to change.”
― Ed Husain, The House of Islam: The Hearts and Minds of a Billion Believers