Dalia Mogahed
Dalia Mogahed
Dalia Mogahedis an American scholar of Egyptian origin. She is the Director of Research at the Institute for Social Policy and Understandingin Washington, D.C. She is also President and CEO of Mogahed Consulting, a Washington, D.C.-based executive coaching and consulting firm specializing in Muslim societies and the Middle East. Mogahed is former Executive Director of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies, a non-partisan research center that provided data and analysis to reflect the views of Muslims all over the world...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
CountryUnited States of America
We build buildings based on the false assumption that women go to mosques half as much as they actually do. In fact, the US is the only country in the world where women and men report that they attend the mosque in equal numbers, but our institutions aren't representing this reality.
Remember this: For all the ugliness in the world there is far more beauty. For all the cruelty there is far more kindness. And remember one more thing: Those who remind you of this simple fact-keep them close
Better a broken heart than a hardened one.
I'm hearing here that this Muslim movement, well, for women, is what we have to focus on. And women have been doing, I think, the right thing. Having the conversations, talking to people about that.
Everything I have experienced in my life helps form who I am today, and I would not change or forget any of it.
I think the blood is spilling in Syria and it's mostly Muslims.
We have to be concerned about the gun killing that people who are Americans, who are Irish, and who are English, who are all around the country.
I don't say anything wacky about women. I have more respect for women than anybody would understand and I'm going to give people jobs and I'm going to protect people.
I think the guy who gets the least chatter, given how high his chances are of winning the nomination, is Ted Cruz.
I think it's important to understand that ISIS's biggest enemy are ordinary Muslims. That's why they're fleeing.
Muslims have a right to every other people, like everybody, to come to the United States.
ISIS simply do not have ideological, theological, or popular support. And this is a criminal organization that is funding their criminality with things like drug trade and selling oil.
I think what speaks loudest and what speaks to your point is the blood that's spilling from Australia, to now California. I mean, how much blood has to be spilled until we recognize inside of a Muslim community that with do have an ideological problem?
I had actually, after the Paris attacks in this country, we all patted ourselves on the back and said, "Well, we have a much more assimilated Muslim population here than they do in Europe."