If such a young nation as the U.S. could make it to superpower status, we could do it as well.

I think of Canada, first and foremost, in terms of space. The amount of space available is breathtaking.

Islam was like a mental cage. At first, when you open the door, the caged bird stays inside: it is frightened. It has internalized its imprisonment. It takes time for bird to escape, even after someone has opened the doors to its cage.

They decided to let immigrants in and I am an immigrant. They gave us a chance to participate in this country's life and I took it.

My brother thinks it is very, very bad that I left Islam. My half-sister wants to convert me back; I want to convert her to Western values. My mum is terrified that when I die, and we all go to God, I will be burned.

We must reclaim and retake feminism from our fellow idiotic women.

There are some mosques with facilities for women; it's usually a back room with a back-door entrance.