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

It is important that the Muslim leaders, scholars, and intellectuals are much more vocal and explain what Islam is.

Terror will crash down on us if we fail to understand that a pluralistic society requires the personal and daily commitment of every citizen.

I believe my religion is the truth, but I am not the truth and the truth doesn't belong to me I'm trying to belong to the truth.

Now no one can deny the fact that whatever is the state of the affairs in the country, you did not have the army controlling the country and you have a pluralistic society anyway.

Muslims must speak out and explain who they are, what they believe in, what they stand for, what is the meaning of their life. They must have the courage to denounce what is said and done by certain Muslims in the name of their religion.

The problem with what we call the 'Arab spring' is that these are very nationalistic experiences. Tunisians are concerned with Tunisia, Egyptians concerned with Egypt and so on.