I'm not an agent from any government, even if some of you may not believe it. I'm not. I'm a peacemaker.

'Jihad' can mean holy war to extremists, but it means struggle to the average Muslim.

There are individuals who are working very hard to promote fear and antagonism towards Islam and Muslims in this country. It's fueled, in part, by the first African-American president that we have. Obama's father was a Muslim and people have used this to arouse hostility against him.

Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.

The sources of human problems have to do with egotism, ‘I.’

I as a Muslim want you, as a Christian, to really be a perfect Christian. I want my Jewish friends to be perfect Jews, to live according to the highest principles of what it means to be a Jew, to be a Christian, to be a Muslim.

One of the misperceptions that exists in the Muslim world, which needs to be fixed, is the perception that Muslims in America are - are - are living in - in very, very, very bad circumstances. They cannot practice religion freely. It is not the truth at all. The fact is, we are practicing. We fast, we pray, we do our prayers.