Youssou N'Dour

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In the West, you have always associated the Islamic faith 100 percent with Arab culture. This in itself is a fundamentalist attitude and it is mistaken.

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attitude

In the West, you have always associated the Islamic faith 100 percent with Arab culture. This in itself is a fundamentalist attitude and it is mistaken.

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faith

I think people should know more of Africa in terms of its joie de vivre, its feeling for life. In spite of the images that one knows about Africa - the economic poverty, the corruption - there's a joy to living and a happiness in community, living together, in community life, which may be missing here in America.

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happiness

Politics is politics art is art. If you play a political role, you have to stop being an artist.

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politics

In politics, sometimes you have to lie, or you make a promise that you cannot keep.

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politics

Islam is a peaceful religion.

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religion

I'm a modern Muslim. I pray, and if I have a question, I ask someone who is more educated in the religion than me.

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religion

I think that Sufism fits all over the world. The concept is not anything that fits standard Western ideas - it's always related to culture, to music, to religion. It is a dominant religion in Senegal.

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religion

I respect music, I do. I love it.

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respect

My father used to tell me about how musicians don't have respect from people and he was afraid about my future.

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respect

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