I'm amazed at the courage of the journalists on the frontlines in Iraq, but we need intellectual courage in our community.

When paying charity, one should smile and be humble, allowing the hand of the indigent to be above the giver's hand.

Religion is here to unite us. It's not here to divide us. If it's dividing us, it's not God's religion, it's something else.

Whatever is for the sake of Allah will go on and continue. Whatever is for other than Allah, it will end and be severed

Muslims have been an almost entirely benevolent force in the 20th century. They did not wreak the havoc the Western powers wreaked on the world. They have not come anywhere near to the environmental degradation that we've done to the planet. So I think Muslims need to be seen in the proper light. They're mostly decent, hardworking people, people with deep family values, and they want to live in peace.

If you had one word to describe the root of all this rage, it's humiliation.

Without discipline, Religion would be impossible