"When I returned to Cairo, I would ideally have liked to have taken the University of Ulm with me."

"The intensive exchange of information between the 40 scientists and the way in which research methods and experiments…"

"If we want to improve the current conditions of Muslims, we must first liberate them from the men of religion."

"The intellectual, social and political context is affected by the deep impregnation of societies by Salafist currents…"

"Rising extremism can only be fought by reviving Islamic philosophy and modernist thinking."

"This is not true of Islam only but of Judaism and Christianity."

"Religion, in itself, does not require an institution, for it is a very personal relation between man and God."

"My wish is that the nuclear treatment for cancer be as affordable and cheap as aspirin."

"Arriving in the States, I had the feeling of being thrown into an ocean. The ocean was full of knowledge, culture and…"

"The culture was foreign, the language was difficult, but my hopes were high."