I think Islam has been hijacked by the idea that all Muslims are terrorists; that Islam is about hate, about war, about jihad - I think that hijacks the spirituality and beauty that exists within Islam. I believe in allowing Islam to be seen in context and in its entirety and being judged on what it really is, not what you think it is.

I think Islam has been hijacked by the idea that all Muslims are terrorists; that Islam is about hate, about war, about jihad - I think that hijacks the spirituality and beauty that exists within Islam. I believe in allowing Islam to be seen in context and in its entirety and being judged on what it really is, not what you think it is.

So I had this completely unrealistic idea of what America was — but I wanted to be there.

It's an organic thing that I try not to analyze too much, because I worry that it will go away.

We are Muslims. My father would pawn off his Muslim in-laws as Hindus just so that he could get free pancakes.

Paki- bashing was kind of this term that was used in general to beat up anyone that was from the Indian subcontinent.

I think you had the GOP down there in North Carolina reaching out to African-American voters and this guy coming on television and using the N-word and saying what Don Yelton said.