Quotes from Abdurrahman Wahid

All too many Muslims fail to grasp Islam, which teaches one to be lenient towards others and to understand their value systems, knowing that these are tolerated by Islam as a religion.

Kita butuh Islam ramah bukan Islam marah

Kalau Kristen jangan kebarat-baratan, kalau Islam jangan kearab-araban

Agama mengajarkan pesan-pesan damai dan ekstremis memutarbalikannya

Itulah dunia Gus Miek yang sebenarnya, yang ditinggalkannya untuk beberapa bulan mungkin hanya sebagai sebuah kelengkapan lakonnya yang panjang. Agar ia tetap masih menjadi manusia, bukan malaikat.

Hanya orang bodoh yang mau meminjamkan bukunya, tetapi hanya orang gila yang mau mengembalikan buku yang sudah dia pinjam.

I told the students that we can exert pressure without resorting to violence, and that we can move towards democracy without violence; that way, God will allow it.

I don't talk in ifs.

If we cling to the institution of Islam, then we tend to defend it against whatever we see as a danger to it, so because of this we see now that many people are defending states, defending territories, defending everything institutional in the belief that they defend Islam.

Well, the most important thing about Islam is that we have to differentiate between two kinds of Islam. The first one is the institution of Islam... second, the culture of Islam.

I am a follower of Mahatma Gandhi.

All too many Muslims fail to grasp Islam, which teaches one to be lenient towards others and to understand their value systems, knowing that these are tolerated by Islam as a religion.

I do not like violence.