Islamic law is clearly against terrorism, against any kind of deliberate killing of civilians or similar 'collateral damage.'

God says in the Quran that there is only one true religion, God's religion. It's the same theme that God revealed to all of the prophets, even before Muhammad.

There are moderates in Israel. There are moderates in Iran, there are moderates in the Republican Party, moderates in the Democratic Party. What we need to do is we need link all of these moderates together and to figure out a way by which this particular coalition can speak to important issues to marginalize the voice of the extremists.

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.

Fanaticism and terrorism have no place in Islam.

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

Yusuf Qaradawi is probably the most well-known legal authority in the whole Muslim world today.