“Do they not reflect upon the Qur’an, or are there locks upon their hearts?”
Quran 47:24
A democratic scholar
“This that we are involved in, we do not force anyone into it.
And we do not say that it must be accepted by anyone through coersion.
So anyone who has something better than this, let them bring it forth.”
Al-Imam Abu Hanifah [Born ~80Hijra/699CE – Died 150Hijra/767CE]
Truth from distant ethnic groups
“Be with the truthful”
Quran 9:119