In prison I had the opportunity to debate and discuss people that had subscribed to all forms of Islamism.
MAAJID NAWAZPreying on the grievances of disaffected young men is the bedrock of Islamism.
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After much soul searching I was able to renounce my past Islamist ideology, challenging everything I was once prepared to die for.
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We have to render Islamist extremism as unattractive as communism has become today.
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It’s not always the case that Muslims have been theocrats.
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The Bosnian Genocide was something that triggered my consciousness and led to an awakening politically for me.
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I am everything I am today, because of my past.
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Does freedom of speech give the right to offend?
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Ironically, xenophobic nationalists are utilizing the benefits of globalization.
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If we look at Abdel Nasser in Egypt as an Arab leader, he was secular.
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Preying on the grievances of disaffected young men is the bedrock of Islamism.
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Once you subscribe to an ideological dogma as a solution to certain grievances, it then frames your mindset.
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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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Within 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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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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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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I can now say that the more I learnt about Islam, the more tolerant I became.
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