My whole family was Muslim, and most of the people I knew were Muslim.

You have to have a government that does give both money and energy to function in a leadership role modeling giving for the people. Government is supposed to lead by example in many cases.

That's a powerful way to love, when you accept your children, however they emerge, with all their peculiarities.

Government that's not particularly caring and is hands off is not particularly inspiring.

I think we could benefit from world history that is specifically taught in a multi-faceted fashion that allows for an understanding that perspectives on truth can be very different. I'm an advocate of an approach that endeavors to foster empathy and which tries to find a common humanity across the divide.

Being a parent has become incredibly important to me. I never knew how much I would be altered by my children. I would like to be remembered by them in much the way I remember my mom: as loving and kind.

My whole family was Muslim, and most of the people I knew were Muslim.