I'd like to add that Islam is not monolithic, and there are experiences in many Islamic countries where the role of women and women's rights are viewed differently from the predominantly rural, very conservative Taliban or village elder type of person. So part of the solution is not in our hands, either as NGO, church, and civil society organizations, but it can be in the hands, quite properly, through a dialogue within the Islamic world, which already is engaged, whether it's Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Indonesia, where there are very different experiences.... We can't look elsewhere, other than our own experience and our own paralysis. Frankly, that's how I feel about that question. I feel paralyzed.
On November 17th, 2010. See this statement in context.