Sadly the job security of lawyers has been ruined, so they are less willing to defend political defendants.

My aim is to show that those governments that violate the rights of people by invoking the name of Islam have been misusing Islam.

Every time I am fearful I think to myself, the reason they do this is to discourage me from doing what I do. Hence, if I discontinue my work I will have succumbed to my fears.

I have said many times that I wish there was no oil in the Middle East, and more water. People would have been much happier than they are right now.

Whenever women protest and ask for their rights, they are silenced with the argument that the laws are justified under Islam. It is an unfounded argument. It is not Islam at fault, but rather the patriarchal culture that uses its own interpretations to justify whatever it wants.

If you study the behavior or the attitude of Syria, Iran, and U.S., you understand that these three countries can't come to terms with each other.

We must acquaint the youth to the realities of the world... we must tell them that millions of people around the world have no access to drinking water.