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.

Drinking wine and wearing trousers were nothing compared to reading the history of ideas.

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

Let us recognize that we can no longer tolerate violent oppression of women in the name of religion and culture any more than we would tolerate violent oppression espoused by any other bully in the name of a twisted rationale.

I would like to be judged on the validity of my arguments, not as a victim.

What I find daunting always is to stand on a stage and talk to people, whether they agree with me or not.

What we are now doing with the victory, and I agree with you if you condemn that and I condemn whole-heartedly the trivial bullshit it is to go after a man who makes a scientific breakthrough and all that we as women — organized women — do is to fret about his shirt?