I have had to pay a price for leaving Islam and for speaking out. I have to pay for round-the-clock security because of the death threats against me.

My conscience is informed by reason. It's like Kant's categorical imperative: behave to others as you would wish they behaved to you.

We who don't want radical Islam to spread must compete with the agents of radical Islam. I want to see what would happen if Christians, feminists and Enlightenment thinkers were to start proselytizing in the Muslim community.

Liberal capitalism is not perfect, but compared to the other 'isms,' it's far superior.

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

If we don't take effective measures now, the Netherlands could be torn between two extreme rights.

I don't believe in hell and heaven anymore. Or angels. I think Islam is a superstition like every other superstition. But now because it's a superstition, unlike Christianity, that hasn't been tested and hasn't gone through a process of enlightenment, I think it's a dangerous superstition.