But when I reintroduced the Nation of Islam, and began to host meetings in cities and thousands and thousands of people come out.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I remember when I was young, many cities in the Muslim world were cosmopolitan cities with a lot of culture.
I made the film to bring the story of Islam, the story of 700 million of people, to the West.
I lived in the Muslim world for 10 years.
Typically, in the cities there can be resistance to the gospel or just to Americans, or anybody that's Western. When you get back into the villages, the people are very welcoming. Then when you get into Muslim areas, it definitely gets a little more difficult.
I can now say that the more I learnt about Islam, the more tolerant I became.
I think there has been a lack of full cooperation from too many people in the Muslim community.
I am privileged to count many Muslims among my friends - some are amongst my closest friends.
The 'Islam vs. the West' dialogue ceased to be about real people a long time ago.
I have traveled a lot in the world, and wherever Islam is in charge, it's just terrible.
I have a big problem with Islam.