Abu Bakar Bashir Quotes

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.

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.

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

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

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.

We swear by the Quran and Sunnah, and we will not compromise with any infidel... Islam is the truth and all else is falsehood.

Islam's laws are fixed and that is why Islam is stable.

If my children do not behave according to Islam, if they do not pray for instance, I will punish them.

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.

Muslims must believe that all power, success and victory comes from God alone.

But the leaders of the OIC could not even accept Mahathir's proposal, yet they talk about respect and honour.

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

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

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.

If the West wants to have peace, then they have to accept Islamic rule.

Jihad should be waged in places where there is war. Bombings in places where there is no war is not a good thing.

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.

Islam is perfect, there is nothing to be added or changed.

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.

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

The only model to follow is pure Islam.

But the weakness comes from these Westernised co-opted Muslim leaders who just want to look good in the eyes of the West and Western media.