It is the job of the historian to say what is likely, and of faith to say what is possible.

What's happened in the United States is something that has already happened in Europe and that is that Islam is become 'otherised', it has become a kind of receptacle into which fears and anxieties about the political or economic situation, about the changing racial landscape of this country are being thrown.

Over the last few years, the Islamic world has produced more female presidents and prime ministers than both Europe and North America combined.

A politician is a politician whether he's wearing a suit or a funny hat.

Authoritarians tend to consolidate support by using fear, but more importantly by driving a wedge among the people that they want to control.

I really believe that to have a full impression of Jesus, both as Christ as a man, you must know about the world that gave shape to him - the world out of which he arose.

In times of economic distress, it's only natural for people - and Americans have done this for many years - to look for a scapegoat. Depending on where you live in this country, the scapegoats are either, frankly, Mexicans or Muslims. So, you know, God save you if you happened to be a Mexican Muslim in America right now.