The first thing I like to address in my classes is the lack of knowledge about Islam. People in this country have major misconceptions about the religion.

They listen and it makes them feel that I am not here for an exercise in conversion or political discussion. It's about the Islamic way of life.

There is a very small group of Muslims that have an agenda of violence and that is what is portrayed through the media. President Bush even said this group 'hijacked the religion of Islam.' The media show the extremists but they don't show the rest of the billion and a half peaceful Muslims in the world.

Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge, others just gargle.

To my knowledge, the flesh-eating kinds of infections are not on the increase. People want to find a connection, but often, even when you look there's no connection.

Knowledge, you may get from books but wisdom is trapped within you, release it.