According to Islamic principles, when a man is accused of heresy, he is given the choice between repentance and punishment.

I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment-that is not the Islamic way.

If we reject science, we reject the common man.

It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching one's head to a prayer mat.

Hosni Mubarak... his constitution is not democratic, but he is democratic. We can voice our opinions now. The press is free.

The Nobel Prize has given me, for the first time in my life, the feeling that my literature could be appreciated on an international level.