Feeling sympathy and searching for explanations isn't the same as believing that the violence is justified.

One would love nonetheless to know how to be a man, how to be a woman before God, in the mirror of one's own conscience, in the looks of those who surround us. One would wish to find the strength to beautify one's thoughts and to purify one's heart. It is everyone's hope and expectation to live in serenity and to plod along in transparency: the palms of the hands patiently directed towards heaven, at the heart of all this modernity.

Teach the heart not to give way to proud emotions and arrogant thinking; bring the mind to heart-soothing solutions that make it possible to control oneself gently and wisely.

Your sensitivity is power. Don't let people transform your qualities into weaknesses.

Anyone who tries to separate or divorce domestic politics from international politics does not get it, and that might be dangerous for the future of Western Muslims.

Prayer is better than to sleep. Wake up. Wake up & pray. This is the way you free yourself.

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