I am very grateful for the opportunities I have been afforded.

Muslims have a right to every other people, like everybody, to come to the United States.

People are so complex and multidimensional that raising someone to 'hero' status is too great a simplification.

I think what speaks loudest and what speaks to your point is the blood that's spilling from Australia, to now California. I mean, how much blood has to be spilled until we recognize inside of a Muslim community that with do have an ideological problem?

We don't want to bury our heads in the sand about serious issues.

I had actually, after the Paris attacks in this country, we all patted ourselves on the back and said, "Well, we have a much more assimilated Muslim population here than they do in Europe."

I think the guy who gets the least chatter, given how high his chances are of winning the nomination, is Ted Cruz.