There's a statement in the Quran: There should be "absolutely no compulsion in religion."

Call on your Lord when your heart is brittle, that is a time when it's in pieces and the Light of Allah can fill the gaps. That is why Allāh is with the broken hearted.

I don't have any control over what other people do, and they don't represent me or my faith.

We are in a waking dream... We see worlds where others scheme.

There's no specific punishment in the books of fiqh (Islamic laws) that relate to homosexuality per se. They apply to any illicit sexual relations, including prohibited heterosexual acts like adultery. And the punishments are strong, but they are legal fictions because they are impossible to prove. You need four witnesses to say they witnessed (sexual) penetration. In what circumstances are you going to find someone to testify to that?

There are 20,000 Muslim physicians in the United States, Americans putting their lives in the hands of Muslims every day.

People have to be exposed to Muslims, just experience Muslims; talk to them. Reach out, read about Islam, try to find out about it.