"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."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Every religious institution will strive to deform the image of religion."