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

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

But without doubts, without a standpoint reached through questionings, human beings can't acquire knowledge.

You'll be pleased to hear, Christopher, that I am no longer a Muslim liberal but an atheist [....] I find that it obviates the necessity for any cognitive dissonance.

No one in the American Enterprise imposes their beliefs. We clash, and I think that's what the West is all about.

People ask me if I have some kind of death wish, to keep saying the things I do. The answer is no: I would like to keep living. However, some things must be said, and there are times when silence becomes an accomplice to injustice.

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.