There are members - very, very close and dear members - of my family - I'm talking immediate family - who simply don't speak to me anymore and haven't done so for years. My marriage fell apart. - Maajid Nawaz 1 Share Now -
The British state already invests in early intervention campaigns in drug abuse and sexual health. Challenging extremism should be no less of a priority. - Maajid Nawaz 2 Share Now -
In an open society, no idea can be above scrutiny, just as no people should be beneath dignity. - Maajid Nawaz 3 Share Now -
There has been a failure to grasp how competing narratives fight for the attention of angry young Muslims, and we have grossly underestimated the appeal of the jihadist brand. - Maajid Nawaz 4 Share Now -
The positive is I'm delighted at the way the Liberal Democrats as a party have supported me and the way in which the work I'm doing, through the Liberal Democrats, has abled to broaden some of the work I work on. - Maajid Nawaz 5 Share Now -
Increased sympathy for an Islamist cause, lack of integration, and the absence of acceptance of Muslims into British society makes it harder for Muslims to challenge Islamism and tough for non-Muslims to understand it. - Maajid Nawaz 7 Share Now -
Hizb ut-Tahrir spearheaded the radicalization of the 1990s and cultivated an atmosphere of anger. - Maajid Nawaz 8 Share Now -
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. - Maajid Nawaz 9 Share Now -
I was filled with hate and anger. But during my trial, something decisive happened: Amnesty International adopted me as a prisoner of conscience, and it was an unbelievable feeling to know that there is someone fighting for you on the outside. Amnesty's 'soft' approach made me seriously consider alternatives to revenge. - Maajid Nawaz 10 Share Now -