Farnaz Mustafa Quotes

Liberal politics are incompatible with . . . a [religious] community, unless it is further believed that the individual members of the community have been endowed with reason and free will by their Creator and that they have no certain knowledge of what were/are the Creator's intentions. - Leonard Binder, Islamic Liberalism ~ Mustafa Akyol

Almost immediately, I remember right when Tikrit even fell, a few days after Baghdad fell, there was talks of insurgency, there was talks of jihad and of resisting the American occupiers, and slowly this turned into an organized movement. ~ Farnaz Fassihi

I'm a ninja! I like swords and knives and stuff like that. ~ Isaiah Mustafa

Every nation has the right to demand proper treatment and no country should violate the territory of any other country. ~ Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

There are strengths in Islamic tradition. Islam actually, as a monotheistic religion, which defined man as a responsible agent by itself, created the idea of the individual in the Middle East and saved it from the communitarianism, the collectivism of the tribe. ~ Mustafa Akyol

I write short stories. I write every day. ~ Isaiah Mustafa

The evils which sapped the nation's strength had all been wrought in the name of religion. ~ Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Man wasn't made to inherit Paradise without effort. Rather, he was made to conquer Paradise, after proving his worthiness of it. ~ Mustafa Mahmud

Persons, who knows that, that they will not be able to rest along the way when they took a path, will never get tired. ~ Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Tears may be COLOURLESS,
But they take the COLOURS OUT OF LIFE. ~ Shaikh Mustafa

The newly created Darth Vader flexes his Force-muscle as the Emperor's enforcer to maintain order and obedience in a galaxy reeling from civil war and the destruction of the Jedi Order. To the galaxy at large, Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker - the Chosen One - died on Coruscant during the siege of the Jedi Temple. And, to some extent, the was true - Anakin was dead. But from the site of Anakin Skywalker's last stand - on the molten surface of the planet Mustafa, where he sought to destroy his friend and former master, Obi-Wan Kanobi - a fearsome spectre in black has risen. Once the most powerful Knight ever known to the Jedi order he is not a disciple of the dark side, a lord of the dreaded Sith, and the avenging right hand of the galaxy's ruthless new Emperor. Seduced, deranged and destroyed by the machinations of the Dark Lord Sidious, Anakin Skywalker is dead ... and Darth Vader lives ... ~ James Luceno

It is no secret that many Islamic movements in the Middle East tend to be authoritarian, and some of the so-called 'Islamic regimes' such as Saudi Arabia, Iran - and the worst case was the Taliban in Afghanistan - they are pretty authoritarian. No doubt about that. ~ Mustafa Akyol

The nation has placed its faith in the precept that all laws should be inspired by actual needs here on earth as a basic fact of national life. ~ Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

The supreme guide in life is knowledge. ~ Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women. ~ Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

SOME people are dieing to LIVE. ~ Shaikh Mustafa

These left-overs from the former Young Turk Party, who should have been made to account for the millions of our Christian subjects who were ruthlessly driven en masse, from their homes and massacred, have been restive under the Republican rule. ~ Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

DONT praise her lovely EYES,
UNLESS you have a LOVELY FACE. ~ Shaikh Mustafa

After visiting the Krupp factories, the Turkish party spent ten days in Berlin, where Vahdettin told a German journalist that women had begun to work in public in Turkey, and that although progress was slow, 'we are making the effort to give equal rights to our women'.88 Mustafa Kemal was not alone in favouring women's emancipation in the Ottoman state. ~ Andrew Mango

The memory of Mullah Mustafa Barzani has become a crucial part of the idea of what it means to be Kurdish today. ~ Davan Yahya Khalil

A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others. ~ Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Mustafa Kemal drily reminds his co-conspirators that the object is not to die for the revolution, but to live for it. ~ Louis De Bernieres

To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me. ~ Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

When a girl finally texts me back, that ding on the phone is like an angel singing. ~ Isaiah Mustafa

I think forcing people to uncover their head is as tyrannical as forcing them to cover it. ~ Mustafa Akyol

We do not consider our principles as dogmas contained in books that are said to come from heaven. We derive our inspiration, not from heaven, or from an unseen world, but directly from life. ~ Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

The biggest battle is the war against ignorance. ~ Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

My people are going to learn the principles of democracy the dictates of truth and the teachings of science. Superstition must go. Let them worship as they will, every man can follow his own conscience provided it does not interfere with sane reason or bid him act against the liberty of his fellow men. ~ Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Who names themselves 'The Situation?' I do not take myself seriously like that - not in the least bit - that would be so pretentious. ~ Isaiah Mustafa

Sovereignty and the right to rule cannot be conferred on anyone no matter who ... as a result of an academic discussion. Sovereignty is acquired by force and power and violence. ~ Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Don't feel ashamed of working hard! Believe that things will change. ~ Mustafa Saifuddin

and in those three syllables, Mustafa heard ~ Anonymous

A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten. ~ Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

What is good hair? It can be anything to anyone. Good hair is healthy hair, whatever you perceive that to be. ~ Isaiah Mustafa

You, the sons and daughters, the future of Turkiye, even under such circumstances and conditions, your duty is to save the Turkish independence and the Republic, you will find the power you need in the noble blood in your veins. ~ Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Science is the most reliable guide in life. ~ Mustafa Kemal Ataturk