Language is the crowning achievement of human beings, and that is something Muslims have always known and revered. We are a literate people whose miracle is a Book from an unlettered man, peace and blessings be upon him, who was the most articulate and eloquent human being who ever lived. We honor our Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, in honoring language that he loved so much and used so well.

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

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

I definitely have sympathy for people who are struggling. I've met with young Muslims who have told me about their struggles.

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."

And that is the secret of this world. If you remove love of dunya from your heart, the dunya is yours for the taking. You can have the dunya because it's in your hand and not in your heart

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