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" I think that the idea of a war on an abstract noun is unacceptable. "

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" I know that people can live celibate lives. I did it myself for many years. "

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" You don't fight ideas with bombs. "

" September 11 was a wake-up call to me. I don't want to contribute to the hate in any shape or form. I now regret in the past being silent about what I have heard in the Islamic discourse and being part of that with my own anger. "

" I think the Hajj tends to reflect the state of the Ummah. That's one of the things about the Hajj is that you get to see the Ummah. It's a microcosm of the Ummah's condition. "

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