Abu Bakar Bashir Quotes

• 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.

  Abu Bakar Bashir

  Topics in Fear

  Tags in World, Right, Thinking

• Why should we use the Dollar even when we trade among ourselves?

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Among, Trade

• What use is revelation or religion if it doesnt change anything?

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Revelation, Religions

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

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Listening, Nobody, Honour

• 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.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in World, Proud, Things

• 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?

  Abu Bakar Bashir

  Topics in Democracy, Power

  Tags in Islam, Ideas

• Today the Western powers and media want to domesticate us like sheep, to keep us tame and domesticated.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Domesticated, Today

• This is why I have always said that it would be better if Muslims were poor.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Better, Poor

• 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.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Scared, Problem, Leaders

• 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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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Leader, Commitment, Courage

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

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Follower, Enemies, Islam

• The only model to follow is pure Islam.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Islam, Follow

• 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.

  Abu Bakar Bashir

  Topics in Advice

  Tags in Leaders, Countries

• The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Sophisticated, Defeated, Faith

• So we want an Islamic state where Islamic law is not just in the books but enforced, and enforced with determination. There is no space and no room for democratic consultation. The Shariah is set and fixed, so why do we need to discuss it anymore? Just implement it!

  Abu Bakar Bashir

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Law, Consultation, Democratic

• Our Prophet was a radical too- he fought against the injustices of his community and challenged the feudal order of his society, so they called him a radical. So what? We should be proud of that!

  Abu Bakar Bashir

  Topics in Society

  Tags in Proud, Community

• Oil wealth has been a curse on us, made us weak and docile.

  Abu Bakar Bashir

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Wealth, Curse

• 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.

  Abu Bakar Bashir

  Topics in God

  Tags in Invasion, Poorest

• 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.

  Abu Bakar Bashir

  Topics in Life

  Tags in State, Leader

• Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.

  Abu Bakar Bashir

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Laws, Justly, Firmly

Abu Bakar Bashir (31)

Birth:	17th August, 1938
Nationality:	Indonesian
Profession:	Activist, Cleric, Leader

About

Abu Bakar Bashir  is an Indonesian Muslim cleric and leader of the Indonesian Mujahedeen Council. He ran the Al-Mukmin boarding school in Ngruki, Central Java, which he co-founded with Abdullah Sungkar in 1972. He was in exile in Malaysia for 17 years during the secular New Order administration of President Suharto resulting from various activities, including urging the implementation of Sharia law.

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