I Would Rather Clean Than Beg.

I Come From A World Where The Word 'trauma' Doesn't Exist, Because We Are Too Poor. I Didn't Have An Easy Life Compared To The Average European. But Compared To The Average African, It Wasn't All That Bad.

People Ask Me If I Have Some Kind Of Death Wish, To Keep Saying The Things I Do. The Answer Is No: I Would Like To Keep Living. However, Some Things Must Be Said, And There Are Times When Silence Becomes An Accomplice To Injustice.

Young People, Some Of Whom Are Not Born Into The Faith, Are Being Fired Up By Preachers Using Basic Islamic Scripture And Mobilized To Wage Jihad By Radical Imams Who Represent Themselves As Legitimate Muslim Clergymen.

Muslim Leaders Should Ask Themselves What Exactly Their Relationship Is To A Political Movement That Encourages Young Men To Kill And Maim On Religious Grounds.

Unlike The United Kingdom Or The Commonwealth, The Umma, Or Muslim Community, Has No Symbolic Leader, Let Alone A Formal One.