Do I think I was put here on earth to be a journalist and to seek truth? No, I don't.

As a journalist, one tends to think there's nothing off limits.

I mean, I think we're put here on earth to make your own destiny, to begin with. I don't think there's anything you can do this way or that way to change anything.

I think I am very mainstream - I'm committed to good works in my life.

I think I came to see Islam, or at least one part of Islam, as an important defense mechanism against the commercialization of the world.

I am sensitive to the value of faith and religion and spirituality in people's lives because I'm a journalist.