Bottom Lines

"The fatwa issued by Sheikh of Al-Azhar Tantawi justifying the banning of the hijab is the last straw. The churches of France have adopted a position more favourable to Muslims on this matter." -- Magdi Ahmed Hussein, Al-Shaab

"Even if Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi was forced by recent events in the Middle East to announce his historic decision to relinquish WMDs, what's wrong with that? The American president has waged war in Afghanistan and Iraq and it seems the cowboy's ambitions will not stop at these countries." -- Ibrahim Se'da, Akhbar Al-Yom

"Can scenarios recur but with a slight change in cast? Frankly, what we see now must be worrying. The rhetoric the US is now using against Syria is exactly the same as that which it used against Iraq." -- Samir Ragab, Al-Gomhuria

"France is an officially secular country... If someone does not like this system they can either leave or simply bang their heads against a wall," -- Tantawi as quoted in Asharq Al-Awsat

"Where are the protests of the Arab media to these insults by Kilroy-Silk?" -- Maiyssaa Rashid, Al-Bayan

"America needs to stop viewing the Middle East through the 'lens of terror' and Arabs must stop judging America based on how the Middle East peace process is going," -- Former US President Bill Clinton