Islam has been badly used by a certain ideology.

In politics, sometimes you have to lie, or you make a promise that you cannot keep.

Western record companies haven't always dealt with African musicians in the best way. Giving them a lot of money and telling them they're going to be bigger than Phil Collins is the wrong way to do it!

I have to protect my family and have a life with them that is completely private.

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.

Islam is a peaceful religion.

Senegal needs a renaissance.