There are irrational fears. If you see a woman wearing a hijab and fear is your first thought, something's really wrong.

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.

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

Hypocrisy is wretched because the hypocrite says with his tongue what is not in his heart. He wrongs his tongue and oppresses his heart. But if the heart is sound, the condition of the tongue follows suit. We are commanded to be upright in speech, which is a gauge of the heart's state.

If Islam is not making you happy, then something is wrong with your Islam

If you are looking for happiness in this world (dunya), you're in the wrong place.

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