Amir Taheri famous quotes

Some in the West suggest that Isam needs a separation of mosque and state. However, in the case of Iran at least what is needed is a separation lof religion and business.
-- Amir Taheri

#Iran #Needs #Mosques

It is time we learnt that a terrorist is no man's friend and everyman's enemy.
-- Amir Taheri

#Men #Enemy #Terrorist

Islamic ethics is based on 'limits and proportions,' which means that the answer to an offensive cartoon is a cartoon, not the burning of embassies or the kidnapping of people designated as the enemy. Islam rejects guilt by association. Just as Muslims should not blame all Westerners for the poor taste of a cartoonist who wanted to be offensive, those horrified by the spectacle of rent-a-mob sackings of embassies in the name of Islam should not blame all Muslims for what is an outburst of fascist energy.
-- Amir Taheri

#Islamic #Mean #Names

If the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris had nothing to do with Islam as President Francois Hollande suggested, why did he invite Muslim community leaders to meet him the day after the tragedy?
-- Amir Taheri

#Charlie Hebdo #Paris #Community

To Arab Sunni Islamists, Iranians are gabrs (Zoroastrians) while Shi'ites, including Arab ones, are rafidis (heretics) who must be “re-converted” or put to death.
-- Amir Taheri

#Heretic #Including #Islamists

Religious minorities (including Jews) will have to wear special insignia in Iraq
-- Amir Taheri

#Religious #Iraq #Special

I think I really produce my best work in Iran.

If you are a businessman or a politician in Iran, you can get a visa as quickly as you ask for it.

Passing a tough resolution or threatening Iran will not bring about the desired outcome.

Prior to his takeover of Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini was camping near Paris, giving daily news conferences to a fawning international press corps without a murmur of complaint to France from the United States about the disaster it was coddling in the incredibly naive liberal belief that this extremist cleric would be an improvement over the Shah.

Reporting Iran's dossier to the UN Security Council will be unconstructive and the end of diplomacy.

I don't want to abandon one work for the other, and I don't think I need to sacrifice anything to put my all into either one of them.

Opportunity lives at the intersection of what people need tomorrow and can be just barely built today.

You are free; you are free to go to your temples. You are free to go to your mosques or to any other places of worship in this State of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion, caste or creed—that has nothing to do with the business of the State.

If you [Donald Trump] do visit this country [UK], take time to visit the Mosques. Take time to reflect on how dangerous that kind of rhetoric is.

It's been our experience that any time a Muslim community anywhere seeks to expand or establish a mosque or some other kind of institution, there will be some type of opposition, when you scratch the surface, often there is a tremendous level of bigotry and stereotyping in the opposition.