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

For me, equal citizenship for Muslims, Christians, Jews, Atheists and Agnostics is an indisputable principle. Whoever you are, you should get the same rights with no discussion and no compromise.

Things need to be properly named. Political confusion starts with terminology confusion. Islamism implies some sort of political and social plan for Muslim people. In that classification, we find different categories.

And the crowd often betrayed the people

Islam came to teach us that there is no faith without intelligence and here we are: destroying our intelligence in the name of faith.

Teach the heart not to give way to proud emotions and arrogant thinking; bring the mind to heart-soothing solutions that make it possible to control oneself gently and wisely.

Islam has no problem with women, but Muslims do clearly appear to have serious problems with them