"But foremost, I do not subscribe to the view that Islamic culture and democracy cannot be reconciled."

“There is no difference between killing a baby in its mother's stomach and killing a baby after birth.”

“These descriptions are very ugly, it is offensive and an insult to our religion. There is no moderate or immoderate Islam. Islam is Islam and that’s it.”

“You cannot place a mother breastfeeding her baby on an equal footing with men. You cannot make women work in the same jobs as men do, as in communist regimes. You cannot give them a shovel and tell them to do their work. This is against their delicate nature.”

“We have no grudge against the people of Armenia. The problem is with the Armenian administration. Over 100,000 Armenians live in my country,”

“What women need is to be able to be equivalent, rather than equal. Because equality turns the victim into an oppressor and vice versa.”

“Europe, you don't want us because the majority of our population are Muslim ... We knew it but we tried to show our sincerity.”