Without literature my life would be miserable.

The Koran and the laws of all civilized nations legislate against the vilification of religions.

As the tension eases, we must look in the direction of agriculture, industry and education as our final goals, and toward democracy under Mr Mubarak.

It's a most distressing affliction to have a sentimental heart and a skeptical mind.

Excessive concern with religion seems to me a last resort for people who have been exhausted by life.

If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in Egypt nothing moves people as much as religion.

God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.