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.
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。