In spite of the polls, the fact is that American Muslims are very happy and they thrive in this country.

The Islamic method of waging war is not to kill innocent civilians, but it was Christians in World War II who bombed civilians in Dresden and Hiroshima, neither of which were military targets.

Any organization or any individual that targets civilians and kills them for political agenda is a terrorist organization.

Islamic law is clearly against terrorism, against any kind of deliberate killing of civilians or similar 'collateral damage.'

Our enemy is not Islam. Islam is not the enemy of America; Americans are not the enemy of Islam. Our real enemy is extremism and radicalism.

'Jihad' can mean holy war to extremists, but it means struggle to the average Muslim.

Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.

My life has been devoted to peacemaking.

I have never made a threat. I've never made a threat, never expressed a threat, never - I've never - I would never threaten violence ever, because I am a man of peace, dedicated to peace.

God says in the Quran that there is only one true religion, God's religion. It's the same theme that God revealed to all of the prophets, even before Muhammad.

We are not going to toy with our religion or any other. Nor are we going to barter. We are here to extend our hands to build peace and harmony.

All dreams have to come to an end.

The most beautiful part is the traveling, and getting to know different cultures and different types of people and to perform in very, very important venues in each country.

A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.

A man or a ruler should always take up a task after thoroughly considering its consequences. Otherwise fate also cannot protect his wealth.

I cannot, and will not, vote for Senator John McCain, as a matter of conscience.

G.P.A.’s are worthless as a criteria for hiring, and test scores are worthless. We found that they don’t predict anything.

I experienced racism in different settings: I was followed in stores, in cars. The way you experience racism depends on how you deal with it. My memories of Goodeve are good ones.

When you make a choice as a writer about what it is you want to write, and what it is you're going to spend six months thinking about, you have to fall in love.

May you be in love every day for the next 20,000 days. And out of that love, remake a world.

In myths the warrant of grace was the acceptance of sacrifice; it is this acceptance that love, the re-enactment of sacrifice, beseeches if it is not to feel under a curse.