In prison I had the opportunity to debate and discuss people that had subscribed to all forms of Islamism.
MAAJID NAWAZIn prison I had the opportunity to debate and discuss people that had subscribed to all forms of Islamism.
MAAJID NAWAZI believe that preventing radicalisation is far more efficient than de-radicalisation, meaning stopping someone joining is a lot easier than trying to pull someone out once they’ve joined.
MAAJID NAWAZNo idea is above scrutiny. No idea whatsoever. To criticize, to scrutinize and to satirize my own religion Islam is not Islamophobia.
MAAJID NAWAZPreying on the grievances of disaffected young men is the bedrock of Islamism.
MAAJID NAWAZWhen I returned to the United Kingdom, I found that I could no longer justify Islamist extremism as the antidote.
MAAJID NAWAZThere are no globalized, youth-led, grassroots social movements advocating for democratic culture across Muslim-majority societies. There is no equivalent of Al-Qaeda without the terrorism.
MAAJID NAWAZI can now say that the more I learnt about Islam, the more tolerant I became.
MAAJID NAWAZI am everything I am today, because of my past.
MAAJID NAWAZIt’s not always the case that Muslims have been theocrats.
MAAJID NAWAZNo form of theocracy, whether it’s manifested in a violent or non-violent form, is ever good for civilisation, and we have to challenge it in civil society as well as we would challenge Christian-based theocracy, or any other form of bigotry.
MAAJID NAWAZIronically, xenophobic nationalists are utilizing the benefits of globalization.
MAAJID NAWAZOnce you subscribe to an ideological dogma as a solution to certain grievances, it then frames your mindset.
MAAJID NAWAZIf we look at Abdel Nasser in Egypt as an Arab leader, he was secular.
MAAJID NAWAZIslamism is not Islam. Islamism is the politicisation of Islam, the desire to impose a version of this ancient faith over society.
MAAJID NAWAZAfter much soul searching I was able to renounce my past Islamist ideology, challenging everything I was once prepared to die for.
MAAJID NAWAZWithin our lifetime, we can remember a time when Islamism wasn’t the dominant form of discourse or the aim should be to minimise the absolutists within any religious community and contain them.
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