"Actually, in its purest form, Islam is incredibly tolerant. That makes what's going on in the world really bizarre"

"Islam is itself destiny and will not suffer destiny"

"The Prophet defeated the enemies of Islam even when he and his followers were small in number"

"I think race has been a burden for black Americans. Being Muslim has also been a challenge because so many people do not understand Islam"

"I saw Islam as the correct way to live, and I chose to try to live that way"

"The Islam of the 18th, 19th and first half of the 20th century was a poor thing. Nobody bothered about it. Islam was that funny sort of pure system of beliefs that depressed people in the Middle East held as their religion"

"What has bothered and angered radical Muslims is that I'm a non-Muslim writing anything at all about Islam. But this is fiction, and I don't think Islam is above criticism or fictionalization any more so than Judaism, Christianity, Mormonism or Hinduism is"

"I suppose that the media and their portrayal of Islam and the almost tribal separations and divisions of the Muslims are the greatest issues confronting Muslims in the United Kingdom"

"I, therefore, demand the formation of a consolidated Muslim State in the best interest of India and Islam"

"I lead no party; I follow no leader. I have given the best part of my life to careful study of Islam, its law and polity, its culture, its history and its literature"

"Well, today, we are in the struggle brought on to us by the terrorists of Islam. It is a war that we did not choose. It was a war that was declared against us as Americans, against our people, against our Constitution"