"Radical Islam has been the foe of Christendom for centuries"

"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"

"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"

"I am totally against the idea that a Muslim woman should not have the same opportunities as a Muslim man to learn, to open up, to work, help shape the future. To close Islam down to a sexist approach is totally intolerable and ridiculous. It's not Islam"

"I did not lose this election, or had a bad result compared with what we might have got because of Islam"