I cannot understand how sensible people still defend Facebook, YouTube and Twitter

There is no moderate or immoderate Islam. Islam is Islam and that's it.

I should like to repeat what I stated recently in the Jeddah Economic Forum in Saudi Arabia: It won't be the religion, but rather the world-view of some of its followers that shall be made current.

There is now a scourge that is called Twitter

If the EU doesn’'t want Turkey, they should say it now and clearly. If we are not wanted, then both sides don’t need to waste their time with negotiations.

If we look at history, we will see that regimes which persecute [their people] do not remain standing.

Therefore, the question is not whether such democratization is possible, but instead how to meet the yearning of the masses in the Middle East for democracy; in other words, how to achieve democratization in the Middle East