To have a moral sense is not to be dogmatic in dealing with rules. It can be an open way with dealing with questions of objectives and purpose, which is completely different.

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

And the crowd often betrayed the people

I am not a politician. I have often been approached in this regard, but I have always declined these sorts of offers. I view myself as an independent, critical intellectual, as someone who tries to stimulate thought on the left and the right, to encourage intellectual evolution.

Fear is created which can lead to racism. However, we can overcome that fear through trust.

In Ramadan, you should eat less and think more.

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.