The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture to an urban patriarchal system.

One of the reasons my name is Rushdie is that my father was an admirer of Ibn Rush'd, the 12th century Arab philosopher known as Averroes in the West. In his time, he was making the non-literalist case for interpreting the Koran.

The U.S. media have done a shameful job of reporting on the Arab world.

What I see in the Arab world, in Egypt, everywhere is increasing radicalization.

The U.S. and its allies will do anything they can to prevent authentic democracy in the Arab world.

Palestine is the cement that holds the Arab world together, or it is the explosive that blows it apart.