Unlike multiculturalism, cultural pluralism doesn't just mean diversity but also togetherness - primarily the understanding of the rules of the game …

- Bassam Tibi

I myself am Muslim and I stand on the side of an open society.

- Bassam Tibi

Muslims stand by their religion entirely. It is a sort of religious absolutism. While Europeans have stopped defending the values of their civilizati…

- Bassam Tibi

Muslims have to give up three things if they want to become Europeans: They have to bid farewell to the idea of converting others, and renounce the J…

- Bassam Tibi

America's strength is that it is capable of accepting people into its communities.

- Bassam Tibi

The accusation of cultural insensitivity is a weapon.

- Bassam Tibi

In Islam tolerance means that Christians and Jews are allowed to live under the protection of Muslims but never as citizens with the same rights. Wha…

- Bassam Tibi

Almost 20 percent of the people living in Germany today have a foreign background. The problem is that Germany can't really offer foreigners an ident…

- Bassam Tibi

A lot of people don't know if Denmark is a country or a cheese.

- Bassam Tibi