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 am everything I am today, because of my past.
MAAJID NAWAZWe have to render Islamist extremism as unattractive as communism has become today.
MAAJID NAWAZAfter much soul searching I was able to renounce my past Islamist ideology, challenging everything I was once prepared to die for.
MAAJID NAWAZDoes freedom of speech give the right to offend?
MAAJID NAWAZWhen I returned to the United Kingdom, I found that I could no longer justify Islamist extremism as the antidote.
MAAJID NAWAZAmnesty International adopted me as a prisoner of conscience, and that led to my – it touched me in a way that really led to me opening up my heart, I’ve called it the re-humanisation process.
MAAJID NAWAZIronically, xenophobic nationalists are utilizing the benefits of globalization.
MAAJID NAWAZThe Bosnian Genocide was something that triggered my consciousness and led to an awakening politically for me.
MAAJID NAWAZIslamism is not Islam. Islamism is the politicisation of Islam, the desire to impose a version of this ancient faith over society.
MAAJID NAWAZIf we look at Abdel Nasser in Egypt as an Arab leader, he was secular.
MAAJID NAWAZI can now say that the more I learnt about Islam, the more tolerant I became.
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.
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 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 NAWAZNo idea is above scrutiny. No idea whatsoever. To criticize, to scrutinize and to satirize my own religion Islam is not Islamophobia.
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