Clergyman

I know that people can live celibate lives. I did it myself for many years.

September 11 was a wake-up call to me. I don't want to contribute to the hate in any shape or form. I now regret in the past being silent about what I have heard in the Islamic discourse and being part of that with my own anger.

September 11 was a wake-up call to me. I don't want to contribute to the hate in any shape or form. I now regret in the past being silent about what I have heard in the Islamic discourse and being part of that with my own anger.

The true object of war fought for God should always be peace.

Where you don't have people who have strong intellectual capacity, you get demagoguery.

In being aware of others' hunger, we contribute to a more empathic world.

We Muslims in the West, like Jews before us, grapple with the same issues that Jews of the past did: integration or isolation, tradition or reform, intermarriage or intra-marriage.

Stop taking pictures and start experiencing life.

We must assert to the Abrahamic people that we are the last extension of the Abrahamic religion... There is no such thing as an Islamic tribe.

America is about choices, including those to live certain lifestyles.

All peoples have contributed to the overall progress and enhancement of human life.

A democracy is predicated on an educated citizenry. You cannot have a democracy with people that are more interested in what Nicole Kidman is doing or whoever the latest fashion model is.

Americans are generally decent and fair people with a commitment to sense, but some of us, swept up by our passions, wade too far into a sea of sensibility.

Islam was hijacked on that September 11, 2001, on that plane, as an innocent victim.

Stop taking pictures and start experiencing life.

I think the Hajj tends to reflect the state of the Ummah. That's one of the things about the Hajj is that you get to see the Ummah. It's a microcosm of the Ummah's condition.

Katrina did much more damage than anything the terrorists could ever put together.

Radicalization is very easy when you mock what people hold dear.

To the solace of his name, simply saying 'Muhammad' has an incredibly soothing effect on me.

People can't think when their minds are clouded with fear.