"Those who oppose us are already doing their jobs of trying to debase us; let us not, unwittingly or knowingly, be their most valuable asset."

"The continuation of playing the role of the Godfathers of Western ‘democracy’, and constantly legitimising Israeli aggression will only make the situation worse. The Arab/Muslim world has their own values, and democracy dictates that they should be allowed to adopt what ever they see fit. It is not for the US to lecture or dictate to the Arab/Muslim world into something that she herself does not practice fully."

"The conditions of children’s lives during this intifada are not new; they are simply an intensification of those experienced by previous generations of Palestinian children who have grown up under occupation. The violations to which Palestinian children are subjected are not an arbitrary departure from otherwise good practice. They are part and parcel of Israel's occupation—a system of control that is backed by legal, political, and economic structures. This system is fundamentally aimed at regulating and restricting the lives of Palestinians and keeping over three million people under submission."

"...one way to reduce part of the corruption on both sides is to end the occupation. The only way to do this today appears to be through unilateral steps."

"While Mediterranean identity is an invention, this is not a good reason to reject it. People have many identities, some of which are obviously bound to prevail."

"Pakistan is not an Islamic State by virtue of its title or a couple of dead constitutional clauses. The existence of Hadood laws or restriction on propagation of Qadyani views due to some reasons neither makes it Islamic nor exonerates it from being secular by the virtue of its roots, systems and consistent practice."

"Having reached the point where I could no longer accept a society in which the poor cannot find help, the hungry cannot find food, the unskilled cannot afford education, the oppressed cannot find support, the sick cannot afford treatment, the elderly cannot find care, the young cannot find love, the homeless cannot find shelter, and the lost cannot find their way -- my inner voice told me I had to share those feelings with others by writing, and in persevering to have those writings published."

"Rather than persisting in the futile effort to fit this heterogeneous area into the Procrustean bed of a comprehensive agenda derived from geographical determinism, policymakers ought to be promoting differentiated agendas based on “coalitions of the willing” with convergent views or interests."