I Am A Supporter Of The State

In The 20th Century, The Muslim World Created A Vision Of Religious Nationalism. Turkey, For Example, Had To Be Ethnically Turkish. Kurds, Armenians, Other Minorities Didn't Have A Place In Such A Vision Of A Nation-state.

I'm Not An Agent From Any Government, Even If Some Of You May Not Believe It. I'm Not. I'm A Peacemaker.

'jihad' Can Mean Holy War To Extremists, But It Means Struggle To The Average Muslim.

I Was Completely Surrounded By Religion From A Young Time. I Was Taught By My Father. I Engaged In Discussions With Him And Many Of These Scholars Who Visited And Came Around The Dining Table, The Lunch Table, And Attended Many Lectures With My Dad. And So I Learned The Apprentice Way.

There Are Individuals Who Are Working Very Hard To Promote Fear And Antagonism Towards Islam And Muslims In This Country. It's Fueled, In Part, By The First African-american President That We Have. Obama's Father Was A Muslim And People Have Used This To Arouse Hostility Against Him.