translation.en: But in all the many years that I have covered the Middle East, I have never been as optimistic as I am today that the gap between the Muslim world and the West is narrowing fast, and one of the many reasons for my optimism is that, because I know there are millions, hundreds of millions of people, Muslims like that old imam in Tunis, who are reclaiming this word and restoring to its original, beautiful purpose.
translation.zh: 但是在中东往来这么多年， 我从来没有如现在这般乐观， 穆斯林和西方世界的鸿沟 正在迅速缩小， 我之所以这么乐观的原因之一 就是我知道数以百万计的人， 数以亿计的人，就像突尼斯那位阿訇老人 这样的穆斯林，正在让这个词 回归本源，回归美好的目标。