We must remember that Islam is not an enemy, and we have no war with Islam.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of distinguishing between Islam as a religion and any conflicts that may arise involving individuals or groups.
Reuven Rivlin's quote reminds us that Islam, as a faith and a community, should not be seen as an adversary. It highlights the necessity of understanding that conflicts often emerge from political or social circumstances rather than the beliefs themselves, urging us to adopt a perspective that fosters peace and harmony among different cultures and religions.
In practice
In a speech advocating for intercultural dialogue, this quote can be used to emphasize the importance of understanding diverse faiths.
The depth of this conflict, which is more than one hundred years old, requires us to find a way to communicate... so that the residents of the Middle East, Jews and Arabs alike, can live not as if they were forced to live together, but rather destined to live together.
The extremists are talking too loudly, and everyone is convinced that only he is on the right side. It’s not just Jews against Arabs. It’s the Orthodox versus those who don’t think they can keep all six hundred and thirteen commandments of the Bible. It’s rich people versus poor people. At some point, something came over Israel so that everyone has his own ideas—and everyone else is an enemy. It’s a dialogue among deaf people and it is getting more and more serious.
Between too early and too late, there is never more than a moment.
Human diversity makes tolerance more than a virtue; it makes it a requirement for survival.
There is an ancient saying, famous among men, that thou shouldst not judge fully of a man's life before he dieth, whether it should be called blest or wretched.
I was taught that Jesus the Son of God was a white man, and hearing black people singing, 'Lord, wash me, and I will be whiter than snow,' made me sick.
the ends never justify the means because IT never ends.
I think every person either inherits or eventually makes up their own idea of what they are and who they are and what caused the world to be, and it seems to me that these stories of creation myth, adopted by different cultures - most of them are less insightful than the stories made up by individual poets and writers.
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