If there is a smoke, there is a fire, the saying goes, That is quite true, but one should find what the fire is, and who lit it.

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

Acknowledged differences may create mutual respect, but hazy misunderstandings bring forth nothing but prejudice and rejection.

Having traveled a lot and met people from different horizons it makes you more humble and ready to listen.

I'm working on different fields. One of my next books Insha'Allah will be a novel because it's important to explore the heart and imagination, the spiritual side. I've been working for twenty five years in the legal field and now I'm reaching what I want, which is an Islamic applied ethics and I'm also dealing with Muslims in the West.

If you are not at peace with yourself then you cannot spread peace.

Cultures are never merely intellectual constructs. They take form through the collective intelligence and memory, through a commonly held psychology and emotions, through spiritual and artistic communion.