" Humanism is not a science, but religion. . . . Humanists like to think they have a rational view of the world; but their core belief in progress is a superstition, further from the truth about the human animal than any of the world’s religions. —John Gray, Straw Dogs In "

― Wael B. Hallaq , الدولة المستحيلة: الإسلام والسياسة ومأزق الحداثة الأخلاقي