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If there is a smoke, there is a fire, the saying goes, That is quite true, but one should find what the fire is, and who lit it.

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I understand the need to serve the community by talking about marriage or halal food. But you should also lead with vision, wisdom and courage.
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Community Talk Vision
If you look at how we are destroying and disrespecting Creation it is obvious that is something is not clear in our understanding. We overemphasize rules but we don’t understand the objective.
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Creation Look Understanding
To have a moral sense is not to be dogmatic in dealing with rules. It can be an open way with dealing with questions of objectives and purpose, which is completely different.
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Different Purpose Way
Greek philosophy departs from the assumption that we can understand the world autonomously using our rational faculties. Islam is not saying this.
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Greek Philosophy Religious
If there is a smoke, there is a fire, the saying goes, That is quite true, but one should find what the fire is, and who lit it.
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Fire Lit Quite Say Should
Wisdom is always connected to beauty. When you see someone acting by their principles, their wisdom makes them beautiful.
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Acting Beautiful Principle
We need modesty not only in the way we dress; we need intellectual modesty.
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Dresses Intellectual Need
Your heart is the center of humility, your mind could be the source of arrogance.
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Arrogance Heart Humility
IS [Islamic State] has played a major role in helping Bashar al-Assad to reposition Syria on the international scene. Now, it is almost impossible to come up with a solution that would exclude him. The political game appears to be very cynical indeed.
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Games Political Religion
Having traveled a lot and met people from different horizons it makes you more humble and ready to listen.
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Different Humble People
We are in a world that is connected, but is not communicating.
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Communicate Connected World
Your country needs religious leaders and religious politicians
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Country Leader Religious
We should not fool ourselves. When the Quran says wa la qad karamna Bani Adam [“we have honored the Children of Adam”] so yes we should all be free but this should not mean that we must act against the dignity of human beings.
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Children Mean Quran
Islam, as a religion, has been established in France for a long time, and the religious question has been resolved in this country. Islam does not threaten France’s future in any way.
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Country Long Religious
For me I made it clear that I wanted to meet with both sides of the political spectrum.
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Made Political Side Spectrum
We should not treat people as they treat us, we should treat them better.
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Better People Treat

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