In The 20th Century, The Muslim World

Sufis Teach That We First Must Battle And Destroy The Evil Within Ourselves By Shining Upon It The Good Within, And Then We Learn To Battle The Evil In Others By Helping Their Higher Selves Gain Control Of Their Lower Selves.

Staying Chaste Until Marriage, A Commandment Of My Faith, Was One Of The Most Difficult Challenges Of My Young Life. I Had A Powerful Sense That If I Did Not Get A Grip On My Identity, My Ethics, And My Religion, I Would Go Off The Rails.

We Are Not Going To Toy With Our Religion Or Any Other. Nor Are We Going To Barter. We Are Here To Extend Our Hands To Build Peace And Harmony.

Bigotry Toward Any Faith Community Cannot Have Any Place In Civilized Society Anywhere In The World.

Americans Must Outgrow The Unbecoming Arrogance That Leads Us To Assert That America Somehow Owns A Monopoly On Goodness And Truth - A Belief That Leads Some To View The World As But A Stage On Which To Play Out The Great Historical Drama: The United States Of America Versus The Powers Of Evil.