There is nothing wrong with being well off as long as money has a social and ethical value and is not the object of one's own greed.

Islam is probably the one that places the greatest emphasis on knowledge. The purpose is to understand God's creation.

There appears to be momentum towards more and more misunderstandings between religions, a degradation of relations.

Tolerance, openness and understanding towards other peoples' cultures, social structures, values and faiths are now essential to the very survival of an interdependent world.

We try to avoid the single-building syndrome. You have to look at the big picture. If you try to put social and cultural development ahead of economic development, it doesn’t work. You have to do it all together.

There are many interpretations of Islam within the wider Islamic community, but generally we are instructed to leave the world a better place than it was when we came into it.

None of these situations are identical. You cannot take one set of issues from one country and apply it to another. They are all different, in terms of history, and the religious compositions of the populations involved.