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

Many times I have asked Muslim women not to nurture the victim mentality. stand up for your rights

The problem with Salafis is that they are religiously sincere and politically naïve. And they allow themselves to be supported by people who have no religious sincerity but who are politically very smart, especially when it comes to their economic interests.

To have a moral sense is not to be dogmatic in dealing with rules. It can be an open way with dealing with questions of objectives and purpose, which is completely different.

For me I made it clear that I wanted to meet with both sides of the political spectrum.

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

There must be a very clear understanding that you cannot work for peace if you are not ready to struggle. And this is the very meaning of jihad: to manage your intention to get your inner peace when it comes to the spiritual journey. In our society, that means face injustice and hypocrisy, face the dictators, the exploiters, the oppressors if you want to free the oppressed, if you want peace based on justice.