We want to tell people how great Islam is yet we are not great Muslims.

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

Modesty is the way you deal with beauty not the way you avoid it.

The link between domestic policy and international affairs is essential: We cannot say we care about domestic issues and we leave international politics, and the opposite is wrong as well. Both are connected and should be addressed together.

I want the American Muslims to tell the leaders what they are telling me all the time. I want this internal debate to happen and the Muslims cannot just criticize the leadership without being involved. At the end of the day, you have the leadership you deserve.

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

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