The language of religion holds the most currency for the masses.

No- one is ever told any story but their own.

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

The Revolutionary Guard controls almost everything in Iran, and this is hurting the people.

The idea that education will lead to a lessening of bigotry is just factually incorrect.

Islamophobia has become so mainstream in this country that Americans have been trained to expect violence against Muslims - not excuse it, but expect it. And that's happened because you have an Islamophobia industry in this country devoted to making Americans think there's an enemy within.

Maybe when the President tells you that you should be afraid of Mexicans or Muslims or Jews or black people or gay people or trans people, you'll realize that those are just labels, that underneath it all we're all the same people, we all have the same aspirations, the same hopes, the same desires, that we all share the same values.