Deeyah Khan

We need to be able to guarantee the safety of all artists and activists for human rights so that it no longer…

— Deeyah Khan

As someone who grew up between two cultures, I have been fascinated with the question of why men and women with similar…

— Deeyah Khan

We need to defend principles like democracy, freedom of speech, gender equality, and the rule of law through exemplifying these on a…

— Deeyah Khan

The Islamic State does not want us to open our doors to their refugees. It wants them to be hopeless and desperate.…

— Deeyah Khan

Some Muslim children, both male and female, have little choice in who to marry, what to study, what their careers will be,…

— Deeyah Khan

I know some women's rights activists have seen so much abuse that they can't stand men, but I have a sense of…

— Deeyah Khan

Our society constantly promotes role models for masculinity, from superheroes to politicians, where the concept of being a 'man' is based in…

— Deeyah Khan

We must defend democracy using its own mechanisms, through explaining and exemplifying its merits rather than through the heavy-handed and arbitrary silencing…

— Deeyah Khan

Making people fear the expression of their own power is a very effective way of disempowering them. It is not just those…

— Deeyah Khan

I'm just trying to stretch the public space wider and make it more open so that a wider variety of people and…

— Deeyah Khan

Political and economic insecurity inevitably translates into insecurity in people's everyday lives, from lack of access to welfare to the increasing lack…

— Deeyah Khan

Women with education, skills, and independent sources of income are more able to withstand the pressures of the patriarchal family and more…

— Deeyah Khan

Our media provides a continuing message that for men, heroism is defined through association with control, independence, and the ability to commit…

— Deeyah Khan

Extremist movements are driven by their inability to tolerate the basic human fact of pluralism. They refuse to accept the natural cultural…

— Deeyah Khan

Left to the mercies of their communities, Muslim women and children remain in abusive households and face losing their financial security over…

— Deeyah Khan

People at risk of 'honour'-based violence require long-term support, often years past the closure of a case, for continuing culturally-sensitive psychological support…

— Deeyah Khan

The proportion of women attracted to the Islamic State is likely to be less than that in other militant organisations, such as…

— Deeyah Khan

A hedonistic lifestyle contrary to all the rules and expectations of Islam is not an unusual precursor to radicalisation: in fact, some…

— Deeyah Khan

Many Muslim parents are authoritarian, which leaves young men and women with limited spaces to express themselves. Self-expression and autonomy are regarded…

— Deeyah Khan

I have watched the spread of violent extremism and jihadism across Europe and the U.K. with dismay, particularly given my history of…

— Deeyah Khan

While religious fundamentalism is treated as a serious social problem because it has the potential to lead to rare but devastating acts…

— Deeyah Khan

Rather than shutting down free speech, we need to broaden it, to make it possible for young people to say even the…

— Deeyah Khan

No one is born a terrorist, but the route to become one is surprisingly easy. We need to listen to those who…

— Deeyah Khan