is a signal of things to come rather than a bad thing itself. That's what is so troubling.

It's a comment on our society, on the fragmentation of American family life. We have to bear that this is happening in America, where there is freedom of choice. These women are not converting in order to go and live in Saudi Arabia. We also don't know how permanent these conversions are in a country where people convert two or three times in their lives.

After years of secularism we're introducing Islam in a new way into the constitution, ... The only other country in which they did this was Iran, and women's rights were thrown out there. It's a tragedy what we're seeing.

Every woman that dies or loses her baby on a threadbare cot in the heart of Uganda, while her sisters on the other side of the world enjoy first-class care, is a threat to our collective humanity.

Migration is the story of my life: my parents and grandparents journeyed across four continents to flee war and find jobs, eventually finding their way to the U.S.

I'm concerned that Islam has not just been politicised but that it's becoming an identity. This is like turning religion into a football match; it's a distraction from the real thing.