There are Muslims of all kinds. The idea of closing them into a single identity is wrong.

The lack of economic freedom could be a very major reason for loss of liberty, liberty of life.

Poverty is not just a lack of money; it is not having the capability to realize one's full potential as a human being

There is considerable evidence that women's education and literacy tend to reduce the mortality rates of children

Anything that increases the voice of young women tends therefore to reduce the fertility rate.

If the knowledge of torture of others makes you sick, it is a case of sympathy... It can be argued that behaviour based on sympathy is in an important sense egoistic, for one is oneself pleased at others' pleasure and pained at others' pain, and the pursuit of one's own utility may thus be helped by sympathetic action.

Across the world, in Africa, Asia, Latin America, everywhere, there is a widespread recognition on the part of the parents, too, that the children's life will go much better by being educated. And that applies to girls as well as boys.