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In all religions, we hear of the Seven Planetary Genii: the Hindu tells of Seven Rishi, the Parsi of Seven Ameskaspentas, the Mohammedan of Seven Archangels, and our Christian religion has its Seven Spirits before the Throne.

The supposed revelations of God to humanity through Christ, or the word of God to Mohammed through the angel Gabriel, had the power they did because they indicated new truths, new directions for followers.

Seven is the magic figure, because that's a symbolic figure of my favorite deity, Ogun.

He sees no need for setting apart one day in seven as a holy day, since to him all days are God's.

I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.

The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.

The Muslim heaven features prominently in the Quran, Arabic poetries and Hadith. The Jewish heaven, though, is still a mystery; it's mystic.

I've got many letters from Muslim organizations thanking me for making 'Kingdom of Heaven.'

The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture to an urban patriarchal system.

On 'Black Hawk Down,' I was employing 1,000 Muslims. 'Kingdom of Heaven,' same deal except bigger, probably 1,500 Muslims.