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.
In any culture, subculture, or family in which belief is valued above thought, and self-surrender is valued above self-expression, and conformity is valued above integrity, those who preserve their self-esteem are likely to be heroic exceptions.
We all understand that we are living longer, and we are more likely to spend more years as frail, elderly people who can't work. We also recognize that the wonderful advances in medicine also come with wonderful price tags. Those are things you can't budget around.
The study of law is sublime, and its practice vulgar.
There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else.
Put three grains of sand inside a vast cathedral, and the cathedral will be more closely packed with sand than space is with stars.
I'm too busy acting like I'm not Naive. I've seen it all, I was here first.
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