Abu Bakar Bashir Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“You are right, but the weakness does not come from the millions of Muslims in the world. They do not mind being radical, they have no fear to speak out and to protest and to jihad.”

“As long as Muslims were confident they could not be defeated, but now we are just puppets.”

“Islam is fixed, stable, ordered and disciplined, and so are Muslims.”

“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.”

“They are scared that the BBC or CNN may call them radicals, so they remain soft instead. The problem lies there, with the Muslim leaders, not the Muslim masses.”

“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?”

“The Prophet defeated the enemies of Islam even when he and his followers were small in number.”

“We should be proud that our Prophet came into the world with the message of Islam to change it for the better, and not for the worse, or to keep things as they are.”

“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.”

“What honour have we got left, when nobody is listening to us?”