Quotes by Abu Bakar Bashir

Abu Bakar Bashir

Indonesian Muslim cleric

Lived from: 1938 -

Category: Theologians and clergy

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  • As long as Muslims were confident they could not be defeated, but now we are just puppets.
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  • Because Islam in its original form was tough and hard, not weak and pliable.
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  • But the weakness comes from these Westernised co-opted Muslim leaders who just want to look good in the eyes of the West and Western media.
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  • But the West is trying to weaken Islam from outside and inside. They attack our people and invade our countries from outside, and they weaken us from within with ideas like secularism, liberalism and democracy. This is all designed to contaminate our pure Islam.
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  • If my children do not behave according to Islam, if they do not pray for instance, I will punish them.
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  • Islam is fixed, stable, ordered and disciplined, and so are Muslims.
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  • Islam is perfect, there is nothing to be added or changed.
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  • Likewise the leader of any state has to do the same, he has to enforce Shariah firmly, for he will be held in account later in the afterlife if he fails.
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  • Look at the Afghans, during the time of the Soviet invasion. They were among the poorest Muslims in the world, yet they were sustained by their faith in God, and God alone.
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  • Muslims must believe that all power, success and victory comes from God alone.
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  • Oil wealth has been a curse on us, made us weak and docile.
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  • The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower.
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  • There is not a single Muslim leader today who has the courage and commitment to defend Islam and Muslims, they are all in awe of the United States and other Western powers, and are indebted to them.
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  • We have shown that Islam can rule the world perfectly for 14 centuries, and during this time of Muslim power we did not borrow ideas like democracy from others, so why do we need to learn democracy from them now?
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What are the most famous quotes from Abu Bakar Bashir?

The two most famous quotes from Abu Bakar Bashir are:

  • "As long as Muslims were confident they could not be defeated, but now we are just puppets."
  • "Because Islam in its original form was tough and hard, not weak and pliable."

When did Abu Bakar Bashir live?

Abu Bakar Bashir is still alive and was born in 1938.