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.

The Islamic ethic is that if God has given you the capacity or good fortune to be a privileged individual in society, you have a moral responsibility to society.

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

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.

The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.

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.