 The very first lesson that I learnt from the Qur'an was the message of unity and peace. |
| It was important for me to duck out of the fast and furious life I'd been living as a pop star. I was in a different mood. |
| I've returned to being an amateur without any ties or strings attached, which gives me a freedom I never had before. |
| Communal well-being is central to human life. |
| Some extremists take elements of the sacred scriptures out of context. |
| The greatest legacy is that which benefits the widest number of people for the longest period without limit to value. No one but the Prophet Muhammad was given that role as the seal of God's message. |
| There was no division I could see between the essential teaching of all Prophets and wise men of religion. |
| In those days a concert was a personal experience. I wanted to be as close as possible to the audience, and of course big stadiums didn't enable you to do that. It wasn't my style. |
| I became alienated from this religious upbringing, and started making music. I wanted to be a big star. All those things I saw in the films and on the media took hold of me, and perhaps I thought this was my god: the goal of making money. |
| All things can be forgiven if we can progress. |
| It's very difficult to ignore humanitarian disasters. The royalties from my albums continue to support my charity work. |
| Salman Rushdie, indeed any writer who abuses the prophet or indeed any prophet under Islamic law, the sentence for that is actually death. |
| Moderation is part of faith, so those who accuse Muslim schools of fostering fanaticism should learn a bit more about Islam. |
| Everything I do is for the pleasure of Allah. |
| Man is created to be God's deputy on earth and it is important to realize the obligation to rid ourselves of all illusions and to make our lives a preparation for the next life. |
| The latest horror to hit the U.S. looks to have been caused by people of Middle Eastern origin, bearing Muslim names. Again, shame. This fuels more hatred for a religion and a people who have nothing to do with these events. |
| If you want to sing out, sing out, and if you want to be free, be free, cause there's a million ways to be, you know that there are. |
| It is part of my faith as a Muslim to try to help those who are suffering from poverty or economic or political injustice. |
| This is the beauty of the Qur'an: it asks you to reflect and reason, and not to worship the sun or moon but the One who has created everything. The Qur'an asks man to reflect upon the sun and moon and God's creation in general. |
| Peace Train is a song I wrote, the message of which continues to breeze thunderously through the hearts of millions of human beings. |
