„The accusation that those being moved by their religious convictions to engagement in the liberation struggle were ‘using religion for political ends’ came from several quarters. For the conservative clergy, going along with the system of apartheid wasn’t viewed as politics; opposing it was. Many of them, in fact, had histories of collaboration with the apartheid regime – a regime that epitomised the abuse of religion for political objectives. Even without active collaboration with the regime one could still argue that a conscious silence in the face of the injustice was itself a political act. (…) The choice is not between revelation and revolution, nor is the question whether we should get involved in politics or not, for all of us are already involved. The question is not whether religion can be used for political purposes, either. The question is which religion – that of the feudal lord or of the villager – and for whose objectives: for a narrow class or capital’s interest or for God’s family – ‘the people’ and their only home – the earth.“ (Farid Esack: On Being a Muslim. Finding a religious path in the world today. Oxford (Oneworld) 1999, S. 90 and S. 93)