My experience of living with people of diverse religions and cultures taught me that one will never be at peace with the other if one is at war with oneself.

If you want to have a good life, never forget that you are going to die

Those young ones who want to try military jihad are facing a triple issue. First of all, they are missing the point when it comes to understanding what there is at stake from a political viewpoint. How come so many of them are going to Syria and so few to Palestine, even though, when it comes to symbolism, Palestine definitively wins.Then, it is essential to understand that it is not a religious matter. Finally, let's not forget about the recruiters behind their screens. Those ones are quite skillful and well-supported financially.

Intellect is a part of a good faith. Intellect is the light, the heart is the direction.

We must re-center philosophy within our frame of reference which I think is the way to deal with it.

Ramadan is, in its essence, a month of humanist spirituality.

To Islamize doesn't make sense to me. But to center, but to have intellectual empathy and modesty - all these dimensions are important on how we look at truth.