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“A good society is not made up of a group of zeroes, but a group of people, and a little individualism is necessary for men to be distinguishable from animals, and for society to be distinguishable from a herd.

Dr. Mustafa Mahmud

“I say that the [following of the] Shariah (Islamic law) is obligatory [on the Muslims] and that it is truth, but the road to it is not just punishment, but reform first. There needs to be positive reform that makes good behavior possible before we punish those who leave said behavior.

Dr. Mustafa Mahmud

“Political Islam is an invitation and an intimation whose goal is to reach the general public and wants to impart the Islamic program in all its attributes and expanse and openness to the average Muslims who think that Islam is nothing other than prayer and fasting. We say to them that it is a way of life, a way of behavior, knowledge, action, noble principles, mercy, justice, kindness toward the weak, help toward the poor, council among the rulers and the participation of the people in decision-making.

Dr. Mustafa Mahmud

“Humans can increase their degree of freedom through knowledge. Abu Hamid al-Ghazali says: "Man has choice in what he knows and is choice-less and externally controlled in what he doesn't know", which means that whenever his knowledge expands, his freedom increases.

Dr. Mustafa Mahmud

“No group should claim that it alone conforms to Islam's fundamentals and that it alone possesses perfect Islam and the final word on every issue. Every group should listen to the rest with open hearts, without firing bullets, and without throwing accusations, and without nullifying each other's opinions.

Dr. Mustafa Mahmud

“The true Muslim tries to understand people but does not make judgments on them, and he may call them to what is good and right, but he does not impose his opinion upon them. As for reckoning and taking people to account, that solely belongs to God.

Dr. Mustafa Mahmud

“God created us to give to us, not to take away from us.

Dr. Mustafa Mahmud

“Worship of God begins only with knowledge of God and His infinitely high status. And knowledge of God starts with knowledge of the ego and its infinitely low status.

Dr. Mustafa Mahmud

“Your vehicle to God is your prayer mat. The only safe spot on this ruined earth is the prayer mat.

Dr. Mustafa Mahmud

“If you do not know God except during good times, then you do not worship Him, you worship yourself.

Dr. Mustafa Mahmud

“Israel without American and European support is like a fetus whose umblical cord is cut, for it has no power of its own, rather its power is borrowed, and Israel without Arab division loses its future.

Dr. Mustafa Mahmud

“Leave your self behind. Leave your worries, leave your knowledge, leave your work, leave your name behind. Leave all the appearances of this material world. What do you end up with? Your desire becomes God, your goal becomes God, your worry becomes God, your remembrance becomes God, your speech becomes God, and your thought becomes God.

Dr. Mustafa Mahmud

“Why does God let the tyrant perform his tyranny, the murderer to murder and the robber to rob? It is because God wants us to be free, and freedom requires the possibility of doing wrong. There is no meaning in freedom if we do not have the right to experiment, err, and do what is right, and to choose between sinning and being virtuous.

Dr. Mustafa Mahmud

“Truthfulness is a rare thing, and the truly honest person is almost non-existent. Rather, we begin with lies the moment we get up in the morning, even before opening our mouths.

Dr. Mustafa Mahmud

“Do not deceive us by the false notion that there is no Islam without Islamic rule for it is a statement that holds the appearance of good while containing great evil. Islam is present everywhere in the world east and west and it is as present as faith is deep, without needing to be propped up by ceremony and formalities. Close this door from which enter opportunists and schemers and those with evil intentions. It is an attractive but false statement that everyone uses as a Trojan Horse to enter the house of Islam from its gates to destroy it from the inside while wearing the dress of the caliphate and repeating prayer words of the saints. It is the mask used by the new enemies of Islam.

Dr. Mustafa Mahmud

“Religion is a feeling prior to being a theory based on proofs, and it is a state of the heart prior to being a state of the mind.

Dr. Mustafa Mahmud

“It is courageous to be fearful of God

Dr. Mustafa Mahmud

“People understand religion as if it is a group of commandments and prohibitions and laws containing punishments and the difference between the permissible and the prohibited, even though all of these are worldly matters. As for religion, it is something else, deeper, greater and farther than these.

Dr. Mustafa Mahmud

“Try to make your actions harmonious with your words and your behavior the same as what you preach. If your human nature overcomes you and your desire defeats you for a moment, do not despair but ask for help and call to your Lord and say: "Your help, O Lord!" and He will say: "I am here for you, my servant" and He will take you with His hand from the darkness of your soul to the light that comes from being in His presence.

Dr. Mustafa Mahmud

“On earth there is enough to satisfy the needs of all people, but not enough to satisfy their greed.

Dr. Mustafa Mahmud

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