In an open society, no idea can be above scrutiny, just as no people should be beneath dignity.

No idea is above scrutiny. No idea whatsoever. To criticize, to scrutinize and to satirize my own religion [Islam] is not Islamophobia.

There are no globalized, youth-led, grassroots social movements advocating for democratic culture across Muslim-majority societies. There is no equivalent of Al-Qaeda without the terrorism.

Does freedom of speech give the right to offend?

Once you subscribe to an ideological dogma as a solution to certain grievances, it then frames your mindset.

Islamism is not Islam. Islamism is the politicisation of Islam, the desire to impose a version of this ancient faith over society.

After much soul searching I was able to renounce my past Islamist ideology, challenging everything I was once prepared to die for.

I believe that preventing radicalisation is far more efficient than de-radicalisation, meaning stopping someone joining is a lot easier than trying to pull someone out once they've joined.

We have to render Islamist extremism as unattractive as communism has become today.

In prison I had the opportunity to debate and discuss people that had subscribed to all forms of Islamism.

I am everything I am today, because of my past.

single universe, many planets, many continents, and many countries, my country Nigeria will never be like others.

Doubting everything and believing everything are two equally convenient solutions that guard us from having to think

Keep it up, wise guy. I'm always going to be taller than you once you're lying unconscious on the ground.

I also try to read all of my fan mail. A lot of them send me candy, which I'm not allowed to eat 'cause my mom says it might be poisonous.

I have always been drawn to characters, and this was true for my feature-writing career as well, where there is a tension between rule-breaking and rule-following.

You're talking serious money already in the bank, and millions of dollars coming in every year.

I don't even understand why I have 1.7 million Twitter followers. Every day, I want to remind them and say, "Do you realize I'm an astrophysicist? Do you know what you're doing here?"

Men ever follow willingly a daring leader: most willingly of all, in great emergencies.

Do what's right and you'll never go wrong.

Let us relish life as we live it, find joy in the journey, and share our love with family and friends.