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

If you are not at peace with yourself then you cannot spread peace.

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

In my book, the Arab Awakening, I talk about the fact that we have to move from this. All the contemporary ideologies of political Islam have been based on the nation state. The nation state is very problematic but I'm not sure if we have an alternative political model.

When I go back to the Quran I see that the context of Revelation is creation in its entirety. The universe is a Revelation and this of course includes nature, plants and animals. In other words, what is coming from the Quran as rules and objectives are set within the larger scheme of the universe and nature as part of Creation.

There is something which is going to be one of the main challenges in the Muslim world today, in the Muslim-majority countries in the Arab world, is the religious credibility. How are you going to react to what is said about Islam? So, by touching the prophet of Islam, the reaction should be, who is going to be the guardian?

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.