Rauf Quotes

You must understand how shameful it is for us that a Muslim would become a Christian. If other people want to join Islam, we encourage and appreciate them. But ours is the complete and final religion. If you leave it, that is like throwing God away. - Abdul Rauf

We've got to be fair. You can't say a place that has strip joints is sacred ground. We've got to be just. We've got to speak the truth. We've got to have justice for everybody. We're a country of justice for all, not justice for non-Muslims only or some groups and not for others. - Feisal Abdul Rauf

We will not compromise on our sovereignty. - Rauf Denktash

We take this initiative today to solve this issue from a humanitarian perspective, and God willing we will succeed. - Rauf Denktash

We live in a political system designed and created in the 1950's, and that system is dying. What is really frightening is that the people who run our country have no idea that the new measures they are proposing are miserable, absolutely hollow. If I were a young person living in a suburb I would laugh. - Xavier Raufer

We have the order to open fire if the situation requires. - Abdul Rauf

We are not going to toy with our religion or any other. Nor are we going to barter. We are here to extend our hands to build peace and harmony. - Feisal Abdul Rauf

We are Americans. We - we - we are - we are doctors. We are investment bankers. We are taxi drivers. We are store keepers. We are lawyers. We are - we are part of the fabric of America. And the way that America today treats its Muslims is being watched by over a billion Muslims worldwide. - Feisal Abdul Rauf

We agreed to discuss the issue of the missing with good intentions, because there's pressure on Clerides, and we wanted to help out. - Rauf Denktash