Lack of consistency is a weakness shared by all nations.

No civilisation can claim to have a monopoly on universal values and no one can claim to be always faithful to his own values.

The suicide bomber who blows up Israeli children cannot transform himself into a martyr. The Palestinian problem is not an Islamic problem.

We should not fool ourselves. When the Quran says wa la qad karamna Bani Adam ["we have honored the Children of Adam"] so yes we should all be free but this should not mean that we must act against the dignity of human beings.

You cannot limit the debate to being solely in favour or against. It should be more complex. When you condemn, you need to understand what led to it. In general, if it is our responsibility to condemn terrorist actions after they had happened, we have an even greater responsibility beforehand to make sure they won't happen.

If you read the Qur'an with your head, you find repetition. If you read it with your heart, you find depth.

The universality of Islam is not uniformity, it is unity with diversity.