Maajid Nawaz
Maajid Nawaz
Maajid Usman Nawazis a British activist, author, columnist and politician. He was the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for London's Hampstead and Kilburn constituency in the 2015 general election. He is also the founding chairman of Quilliam, a counter-extremism think tank that seeks to challenge the narratives of Islamist extremists...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionActivist
campaigns early extremism health less sexual state
The British state already invests in early intervention campaigns in drug abuse and sexual health. Challenging extremism should be no less of a priority.
addressing against approach french online stance tackling taken
The British and French governments have taken a strong stance against 'extremist content' online when addressing their approach to tackling extremism.
extremist
The University of Westminster is well known for being a hotbed of extremist activity.
bind option regarded religious seek seeking
A fatwa is a religious edict. Such edicts bind only those who seek to follow the Imam issuing them but can be regarded as an option for others seeking an alternative view.
born raised
I was, by the way - I'm an Essex lad, born and raised in Essex in the U.K.
designed language
Language that is designed to dehumanize has consequences.
lost religion
I say I haven't lost my religion. I've lost my ideology.
began cradle scene time
I was in prison with pretty much the who's who of the jihadist and Islamist scene of Egypt at the time, and Egypt was the cradle of Islamism for the world - it's where it began and where jihadism began as well.
anger cultivated
Hizb ut-Tahrir spearheaded the radicalization of the 1990s and cultivated an atmosphere of anger.
liberal upbringing
My upbringing was completely liberal from the start. In fact, I didn't even have a Muslim identity.
adopt public wearing
Let me make this clear: it is our duty to adopt a policy barring the wearing of niqabs in these public buildings.
decades ideology took within
The Islamist ideology took decades to incubate within our communities, and it will take decades to debunk.
empowers ethnic faith inclusive involves people promote united
In the United Kingdom, we need to promote an inclusive British identity that involves and empowers people from all ethnic and faith backgrounds.
among assumed cultural exit legal religious weakest whom
In today's Britain, the weakest among us are often assumed to be minority communities. In fact, the weakest are those minorities-within-minorities for whom the legal right to exit from their communities' constraints amounts to nothing before the enforcement of cultural and religious shaming.