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

When we talked about a wall, right, to try to keep out this threat. The problem is that these are ideas. And they are filtering throughout the world. And it was naïve, and I think ultimately, the reason why we, as Muslims, stood on Friday and went to the mosque and took the risks on our own lives, is because we've had enough. I think the world has had enough.

As Donald Trump continues to dominate the 2016 field, the Republican establishment's low-grade anxiety is becoming an all-out panic

This is a book called Women in the Shade of Islam. It's published by the government of Saudi Arabia. I picked it up in Pakistan, where the Taliban Ladies Auxiliary, and our young wife in California would've picked up an item like this. And it puts out that Salafi-Wahhabi ideology that is ultimately the toxic poison that is crossing all these borders.

I think it's important to understand that ISIS's biggest enemy are ordinary Muslims. That's why they're fleeing.

What have we heard from Republican voters? They want somebody that's new, they want somebody that's fresh. They don't want an establishment.

I admire many people, but I am not sure that I have any 'heroes.'