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

I think that's deeply rooted in Muslim consciousness, the idea of not submitting to anything other than God. "You can abuse me, but you're not going to win me over. But if you treat me with respect and dignity, I'm going to fall in love with you. I'm going to sing your praises all over the world because you're powerful and you treated me with human dignity."

A democracy is predicated on an educated citizenry. You cannot have a democracy with people that are more interested in what Nicole Kidman is doing or whoever the latest fashion model is.

America is about choices, including those to live certain lifestyles.

Perhaps, a sin that humbles you is better than a good deed that makes you arrogant.

In the Communist period, the revolutionaries, the leaders were almost always - Che Guevara, people like that - they were always from the middle class and the educated. And empathy is a very powerful emotion.

Everyone’s a believer when things are going fine. The real faith is when one becomes patient with tribulations.