We need to realize that we should be on the side of any human being who is oppressed.

There is a Sufi trend, a madhabi Sufi trend, and I don't have any problem with this. What is not acceptable is that, first, some scholars are trying to show to the audience that they are open to other trends. However, when it comes to the retreat or the panels, they don't want to be with some of us because they are scared of being exposed.

Advertising, music, atmospheres, subliminal messages and films can have an impact on our emotional life, and we cannot control it because we are not even conscious of it.

Instead of looking outside of ourselves and counting potential enemies, fasting summons us to turn our glance inward, and to take the measure of our greatest challenge: the self, the ego, in our own eyes and as others see us.

It is only through the opposition of ideas that we can learn to be self-critical, to work towards intellectual humility.

Wisdom is always connected to beauty. When you see someone acting by their principles, their wisdom makes them beautiful.

My experience of living with people of diverse religions and cultures taught me that one will never be at peace with the other if one is at war with oneself.