I am an American citizen born in Kuwait of Egyptian parents. I grew up in Great Britain, Malaysia, and Egypt and have lived in the United States since 1965, when I was seventeen.

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.

He (Lincoln) recognized the delicate balance between immanence and transcendence, refusing to settle for either of these alone. His was a God who was both in the world and above the world.

One must conform to the baseness of an age or become neurotic.

Perpetual optimism is good for the mind.Perpetual hope is good for the heart.Perpetual faith is good for the heart.

I have long believed taxpayers make better use of their money than the government ever could.

For the past few years I have engaged in several inappropriate conversations conducted over Twitter, Facebook, e-mail and occasionally on the phone with women I have met online.

When you just don't think you can, keep going! Getting through those weak moments is how you become stronger.

Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.

Globilization in its current form cannot deliver the benefits expected of it. Civil society, particularly in developing countries, must ensure that it does.

Sister Mary chose that moment to come in with the tea. Satanist or not, she'd also found a plate and arranged some iced biscuits on it.

Truth in the end shall prevail.