I was afraid of marriage. I had the impression married life would take up all my time. I saw myself drowning in visits and parties. No freedom.

It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching one's head to a prayer mat.

If the urge to write should ever leave me, I want that day to be my last.

History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.

Today's interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization.

I found myself in a sea in which the waves of joy and sorrow were clashing against each other.

According to Islamic principles, when a man is accused of heresy, he is given the choice between repentance and punishment.