"The fundamentalists are increasing. People, afraid to oppose those fundamentalists, shut their mouths. It is really very difficult to make people move against a sensitive issue like religion, which is the source of fundamentalism." Taslima Nasrin, Bangladeshi author "I want you to just let a wave of intolerance wash over you. I want you to let a wave of hatred wash over you. Yes, hate is good...Our goal is a Christian nation. We have a Biblical duty, we are called by God, to conquer this country. We don't want equal time. We don't want pluralism." Terry Randall, US conservative religious activist "Fundamentalism isn't about religion, it's about power." Salman Rushdie "God told me to strike at al Qaida and I struck them, and then he instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did" George W. Bush "Fighting is a part of our religion. Those who love God and his Prophet and this religion cannot deny that. Whoever denies even a minor tenet of our religion commits the gravest sin in Islam." Osama Bin Laden "In the cause of universal worship, they have destroyed each other with the sword. They have made gods and called upon each other: 'Abandon your gods and come and worship ours, otherwise death to you and your gods!' And so it will be until the end of the world, even when all gods have disappeared from the earth: they will still fall down before idols." Fyodor Dostoyevsky "Man is a Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion--several of them. He is the only animal that loves his neighbour as himself and cuts his throat if his theology isn't straight." Mark Twain "I enjoy being Jewish, but I hate fundamentalism in all its forms. Jews, Catholics, Baptists, I think all fundamentalists are potty and capable of destroying the world." Warren Mitchell, actor (Alf Garnett) "Fundamentalism as it is called is not confined to the Muslim world. It is something that we have seen in different parts of the world. Let us hope that a dialogue between the followers of the three great monotheistic religions could help in putting an end to this.." King Hussein I , King of Jordan "AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals." Jerry Falwell, US Fundamentalist preacher "I regard Christian and Jewish fundamentalism, and all other forms of fundamentalism, as the enemies of God - and I hope you'll quote me on that." Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg, prominent Jewish-American scholar and activist. "I don't think that fundamentalism has anything to do with Jesus Christ. They call themselves Christians, but if that's Christian, count me out. Fundamentalism is built on fear and greed. They're telling you to give them your money otherwise you're going to hell." Matthew Fox "We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity." Anne Coulter, American conservative columnist, political commentator, and a best-selling author "Bush is very much into the apocalyptic and messianic thinking of militant Christian evangelicals. He seems to buy into the worldview that there is a giant struggle between good and evil culminating in a final confrontation. People with that kind of a world-view often take risks that are inappropriate and scary because they see it as carrying out God's will." Chip Berlet, senior analyst for Political Research Associates "The abortionists have got to bear some burden for this because God will not be mocked. And when we destroy 40 million little innocent babies, we make God mad. I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle -all of them who have tried to secularise America - I point the finger in their face and say, 'You helped this happen.'" Jerry Falwell (blaming civil libertarians, feminists, homosexuals, and abortion rights supporters for the terrorist attacks of Tuesday, September 11, 2001)
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