Pervez Musharraf

Who has suffered? The families of the dead, no doubt. But a greater loss was inflicted on Pakistan because, as I said, we lost the pillars of our society.

Remember that mindsets can not be changed through force and coercion. No idea can ever be forcibly thrust upon any one.

I am not at all a politician. I don't think I'm cut out for politics. I am certainly not going to stand for election.

Was Islam spread by them through force and coercion? No. They preached Islam by personal example.

We claim Islam as Deen or a complete way of life.

There is nothing wrong with intellectual differences flowing from freedom of thought as long as such differences remain confined to intellectual debates.

Islam teaches tolerance, not hatred; universal brotherhood, not enmity; peace, and not violence.