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If we look at Abdel Nasser in Egypt as an Arab leader, he was secular.

Maajid Nawaz

In prison I had the opportunity to debate and discuss people that had subscribed to all forms of Islamism.
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Discussion Form Islam Opportunity Prison
Does freedom of speech give the right to offend?
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Freedom Offend Right Voice
The Bosnian Genocide was something that triggered my consciousness and led to an awakening politically for me.
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Awake Myself Politics Trigger
Amnesty 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.
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Adopt Heart International Myself Open Prison
No 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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Criticism Ideas Islam Ourselves Religion
Preying on the grievances of disaffected young men is the bedrock of Islamism.
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Bed Grief Islam Man Prey Young
I’m yet to discover any form of theocracy that isn’t homophobic, that isn’t bigoted to the out group.
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Discover Group Myself
Ironically, xenophobic nationalists are utilizing the benefits of globalization.
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Benefit Globalization Iron Nation
I am everything I am today, because of my past.
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Myself Past
I can now say that the more I learnt about Islam, the more tolerant I became.
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Learning Myself Tolerance
There 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.
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Global Movement Religion Terrorism Youth
I 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.
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Believe Easy Join Myself Prevent Radical
Once you subscribe to an ideological dogma as a solution to certain grievances, it then frames your mindset.
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Frame Grievance Ideology Mindset Subscribe Yourself
If we look at Abdel Nasser in Egypt as an Arab leader, he was secular.
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Appearance Leadership Secularism Sight
Islamism is not Islam. Islamism is the politicisation of Islam, the desire to impose a version of this ancient faith over society.
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Faith Islam Politics Society Version
No 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.
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Challenge Civilization Discrimination Goodness Manifestation Violence

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