Abu Bakar Ba'asyir
Muslim Cleric
1938-08-17
Abu Bakar Ba'asyir is an Indonesian Islamic cleric and teacher. He is a prominent figure in modern Indonesian Islamist movements.
Quotes by Abu Bakar Ba'asyir
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Muslims must believe that all power, success and victory comes from God alone.
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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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The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower.
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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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The Muslim leaders swallow the advice of the Western powers and bodies like the IMF and World Bank, even when it is bad for their countries and they know this.
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