"The ink of a Scholar is more holy than the blood of the martyr"

- Muhammad, peace be upon him, Messenger of Allah (swt)

"If the freedom fighters were armed by the U.S. and firing at Russians in Afghanistan, they are our sort of freedom fighters. If the same people, or their Arab allies receive their support locally or from other Arab states, and they fire at the U.S., they are automatically labeled terrorists."

"In a scenario changed by the 9/11 events, and after the excessive reaction of the Bush Administration to the so-called terrorism resulting in Afghanistan and Iraq wars, the strain on the American economy has been so tremendous that all these supply-side theories have fallen apart on the ground realities of highly strained economy that ensued after these unforeseen events and the wars."

"We, for whom the Israel Defense Forces and the Air Force are an inalienable part of ourselves, refuse to continue to harm innocent civilians."

"Said left us a great inheritance of courage, consistency and commitment to the Palestinian people and peace in the Middle East. We cannot, and I pray will, not squander his legacy."

"The US has begun to acknowledge grudgingly that the resistance is emanating from the local population."

"Two years after September 11, 2001, when the righteous indignation of Americans at the attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon had cooled a bit, five Ivy League colleges decided to invite a Muslim sage to talk to them about why such horrible things were done to Americans."

"Army-men (like all autocrats) are usually less charitable than politicians and bureaucrats to anyone criticizing them."