Even the Quran, which Sufis respect as the direct speech of God, lacks the capacity to shed light upon God’s essence. As one Sufi master has argued, why spend time reading a love letter (by which he means the Quran) in the presence of the Beloved who wrote it?

When you forcefully suppress religious nationalism, you radicalize it.

The New Testament is not a historical document.

The only question that matters with regard to a religion and its mythology is “What do these stories mean?

A cosmic war is like a ritual drama in which participants act out on Earth a battle they believe is actually taking place in the heavens.

One-fifth of Americans, 20% believe that Barak Obama is, himself, a Muslim and in fact - amongst Republicans that number is almost 40%. Polls show in this country, that the more you disagree with Barak Obama's domestic policies, the more likely you are to think that he is a Muslim.

We need to do whatever we can, legally and within our power, to remove Donald Trump from office as fast as possible before something serious happens in this country.