I am grateful to my father for sending me to school, and that we moved from Somalia to Kenya, where I learned English.

The liberal psyche wants to protect minorities, to apologize for imperialism, colonialism, slavery, and the appalling treatment of black people during the civil rights movement. At the same time, they want to continue to defend the rights of individuals.

I confront the European elite's self-image as tolerant 'while under their noses women are living like slaves.

The West is duly terrified. But it should not be surprised.

As a woman you are better off in life earning your own money. You couldn't prevent your husband from leaving you or taking another wife, but you could have some of your dignity if you didn't have to beg him for financial support.

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

I'd like Muslims to look at their religion as a set of beliefs that they can appraise critically and pick and choose from.