Bassam Tibi Quotes

• Muslims stand by their religion entirely. It is a sort of religious absolutism. While Europeans have stopped defending the values of their civilization. They confuse tolerance with relativism.

  Bassam Tibi

  Religious, Civilization, Tolerance

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Pluralism and tolerance are pillars of modern society. That has to be accepted. But pluralism doesn't just mean diversity. It means that we share the same rules and values, and are still nevertheless different. Islam doesn't have this idea. And Islam also has no tradition of tolerance.

  Bassam Tibi

  Mean, Ideas, Diversity

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Muslims have to give up three things if they want to become Europeans: They have to bid farewell to the idea of converting others, and renounce the Jihad. The third thing they need to give up is the Shariah, which is the Islamic legal system.

  Bassam Tibi

  Giving Up, Islamic, Farewell

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• A conflict of values is not a misunderstanding. Islamic orthodoxy and the German constitution are not compatible.

  Bassam Tibi

  Islamic, Orthodoxy, Constitution

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• In Islam tolerance means that Christians and Jews are allowed to live under the protection of Muslims but never as citizens with the same rights. What Muslims call tolerance is nothing other than discrimination.

  Bassam Tibi

  Christian, Mean, Rights

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Accusing somebody of racism is a very effective weapon in Germany. Islamists know this: As soon as you accuse someone of demonizing Islam, then the European side backs down.

  Bassam Tibi

  Racism, Islam, Germany

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Unlike multiculturalism, cultural pluralism doesn't just mean diversity but also togetherness - primarily the understanding of the rules of the game - the European values structure.

  Bassam Tibi

  Mean, Games, Diversity

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• The accusation of cultural insensitivity is a weapon.

  Bassam Tibi

  Weapons, Accusation, Insensitivity

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I myself am Muslim and I stand on the side of an open society.

  Bassam Tibi

  Sides

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• A lot of people don't know if Denmark is a country or a cheese.

  Bassam Tibi

  Country, People, Denmark

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• In Germany representatives of the Islamic communities try to hijack children who are born here, along with the entire Islamic community, to prevent them from being influenced by the society which has taken them in. Children born here are like blank sheets on which you can write European or Islamic texts. Muslim representatives want to raise their children as if they don't even live in Europe.

  Bassam Tibi

  Children, Taken, Islamic

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Almost 20 percent of the people living in Germany today have a foreign background. The problem is that Germany can't really offer foreigners an identity because the Germans hardly have a national identity themselves. That is certainly a result of Auschwitz.

  Bassam Tibi

  People, Identity, Germany

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• The Jihad is not just a way of testing yourself but also means using violence to spread Islam.

  Bassam Tibi

  Mean, Islam, Way

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• The weaker the partner is viewed by the Muslims, then the greater the anger which they express. And this anger is often carefully staged.

  Bassam Tibi

  Partners, Greater

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• America's strength is that it is capable of accepting people into its communities.

  Bassam Tibi

  America, People, Community

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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