In Saudi Arabia, among other countries, Muslims are not free to convert to Christianity, and Christians are not free to practice their faith. The Koran is not a rights-respecting document.

Human rights transcend local or ethnocentric values, conferring equal dignity and value on all humanity regardless of sex, ethnicity, sexual preference, or religion. It is in the West that human rights are most respected.

We are free, in the West, to choose; we have real choice to pursue our own desires; we are free to set the goals and contents of our own lives; the West is made up of individuals who are free to decide what meaning to give to their lives-in short the glory of the West is that life is an open book,[1] while under Islam, life is a closed book, everything has been decided for you: God and the Holy Law set limits on the possible agenda of your life.

I think forgiveness plays a very important part in Western society and it comes from the Judeo Christian heritage.

By working and living in New York, you are breathing Western civilization, continuously reminded of its benefits and its values.

The West has given the world the symphony, and the novel.

All religions are sick men's dreams, false - demonstrably false - and pernicious.