I regret the behavior of the Arabs… They brought African children to North Africa, they made them slaves, they sold them like animals, and they took them as slaves and traded them in a shameful way. I regret and I am ashamed when we remember these practices. I apologize for this ...Today we are embarrassed and shocked by these outrageous practices of rich Arabs who had treated their fellow Africans with contempt and condescension.- Moammar Gaddafi, second Afro-Arab summit, Libya 9 Oct 2010

After 9/11 I found it impossible to ignore his (Osama Bin Ladan's) claims that the murderous destrucion of innocent (if infidel) lives is consistent with the Quraan. I looked at the Quran and found it to be so. To me this meant I could no longer be a Muslim. - Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Nomad: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations

The veil deliberately marks women as private and restricted property, nonpersons. The veil sets women apart from men and apart from the world; it restrains them, confines them, grooms them for docility. A mind can be cramped just as a body may be, and a Muslim veil blinkers both your vision and your destiny. It is the mark of a kind of Apartheid, not the domination of a race, but of a sex. - Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Nomad: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations   

All human beings are equal, but all cultures and religions are not. ... It is part of Muslim culture to oppress women. ... The culture of the Western Enlightenment is better.- Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Nomad: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations

The England admired throughout the world is the England that keeps open house.- J B Priestley quoted in We Are a Muslim, Please by Zaiba Malik

History shows us that the countries that have opened their doors have gained. - J B Priestley quoted in We Are a Muslim, Please by Zaiba Malik