I think fundamentalism is this radical attitude toward one's own identity and civilization as compared to other people's identities and cultures.

Nationalism is a central ideology for people who are trying to establish their own states in which they can play a dominant role.

I am doubtful that there will be any sort of real coherence of Muslim societies into a single political system run by an elected or non-elected group of leaders.

I think we can expect leaders of Muslim societies to cooperate with each other on many issues just as Western societies cooperate with each other.

I think it's hard to talk about the Muslim world and Christian world as blocks.

Except under rare circumstances, I don't write responses to criticism.

Partial truths or half-truths are often more insidious than total falsehoods.