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

Stand up for your values, be courageous and humble

I understand the need to serve the community by talking about marriage or halal food. But you should also lead with vision, wisdom and courage.

I am talking about anything that is a provocation - ignore it. When something falls under freedom of expression, you can read it and take a critical distance.

Just take Germany and the suffering of Jews during and after the Second World War. It would be legal to ridicule and to laugh at this suffering, but since it was such a trauma on the European conscience, no one is going to do it. It is an open scar, an open wound, an open reality.

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

There is dignity in your being even if there's indignity in what you're doing.