Islam has been badly used by a certain ideology.

Listen, a lot of religions have fundamentalists.

I really want to bring the message of love that is Islam to people; bring something new to that familiar face.

If you come from Africa with your economic poverty and your cultural riches, and you meet someone like Peter Gabriel or a person from a big record company, and they tell you that what you are doing is marvelous, that makes you feel powerful.

In the West, you have always associated the Islamic faith 100 percent with Arab culture. This in itself is a fundamentalist attitude and it is mistaken.

I grew up with reggae music.

I have studied at the school of the world.