Islam is a religion of justice and dignity, and we are taught to never keep silent when facing injustice, discrimination and double standards.

To be courageous is to be a voice for the voiceless

Man is certainly free, but he is responsible for this freedom before God as before men. This responsibility is inevitably moral. In order of this morality, to be free is to protect the freedom of others and their dignities.

I opposed the Fatwa against Salman Rushdie. I read the book and took a critical distance. I did not think The Satanic Verses is a blasphemous book. I did not consider the book as being a great read, but as an intellectual I read, I assess, and I respond. I make a difference between true freedom of expression to which we owe a response and provocation, which we ignore.

Muslim societies must leave behind these dual aspects: secularism/Islamism.

Arabic is the language of the Qur'an, but Arab culture is not the culture of Islam.

I have learned that one should say "Peace!" to those who shout their hatred for one's being and presence or at one's passage.