Quote

I grew up as a kind of nondenominational Christian. I have two uncles who are Baptist ministers. I went to a Samoan church when I was younger. I went to a Catholic school, so I was actually able to experience a lot of different religions. Mormonism, as well. My father in-law, who I'm very close with, is a Muslim.

I was never a practicing Muslim. But I do consider myself a Muslim.

I really didn't grow up religious, and I didn't grow up acknowledging my Muslim identity. For me, I was a British Pakistani.

I never was in the Nation of Islam... I mean, what I call myself is a natural Muslim, 'cause it's just me and God.

I was sort of born into a Subud cult that has ties to Islam and Indonesia and Middle Eastern spiritualism. My parents were kind of trial-and-error when it came to religion.

My father and mother are Muslims. But from the moment I started talking, I decided I was a Christian. They let me.

I consider myself to have been formed by a lot of the locutions and aesthetics and principles of the Muslim way of life, and those are an important part of my childhood and my identity.

I have Muslim members of my family. I have lived in Muslim countries.

My upbringing was completely liberal from the start. In fact, I didn't even have a Muslim identity.

My grandmother was a Muslim. My mother is Christian. And I don't know what I am, but I believe in God.