Ali Shariati Quotes on God
Ali Shariati was an Iranian sociologist and Islamic political philosopher, trained at the Sorbonne under Louis Massignon and Jacques Berque, who became the most influential intellectual ancestor of the 1979 Iranian Revolution. This page collects quotes attributed to Ali Shariati on the topic of god, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Ali Shariati:
“There is the religion of the oppressed, and there is the religion of the oppressor; do not mistake them for each other.”
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Attributed to Ali Shariati:
“Islam is a movement before it is a creed.”
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Attributed to Ali Shariati:
“Tawhid is not only metaphysics; it is the political principle of human unity.”
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Attributed to Ali Shariati:
“Each generation must rediscover its faith for itself, or lose it.”