All my friends were non-Muslims. I actually knew very little about Islam - like, very little. — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
Islam will be what Muslims make of it. And it is the sum total of the interpretation that Muslims give to it. — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
The only way that we can win over potential jihadists to liberal democracy is by winning the battle of ideas. — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
To suggest that a Muslim cannot think for himself sounds to me very much like an incident of anti-Muslim bigotry. — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
The rise of ISIS in Iraq is a wider threat to the stability of the Middle East and the West than many… — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
Preying on the grievances of disaffected young men is the bedrock of Islamism. — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
For years, Islamists and other extremists have taken advantage of grievances of Muslims in Britain and have successfully identified ways to integrate… — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
The only way we can challenge Islamism is to engage with one another. We need to make it as abhorrent as racism… — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
Within our lifetime, we can remember a time when Islamism wasn't the dominant form of discourse or the aim should be to… — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
I realised that the idea of enforcing sharia is not consistent with Islam as it's been practised from the beginning. In other… — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
I care not to debate which came first, Islamism or anti-Muslim bigotry; suffice to say that both feed into each other symbiotically. — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
The niqab, for some, has become an antiestablishment symbol around which one can rally and relish in the opportunities for confrontation that… — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
'Muslim' is not a political party. 'Muslim' is not a single culture. Muslims go to war with each other. There are more… — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
Increased sympathy for an Islamist cause, lack of integration, and the absence of acceptance of Muslims into British society makes it harder… — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
If we are true small 'l' liberals, it's our job to seek out feminist Muslims, ex-Muslims, liberal Muslims, dissenting voices within Muslim… — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
Not all Muslims wish to express themselves in public through a communal religious identity. Identities are multiple, and some may wish to… — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
As I went between the Islamic Society in my college and university, the mosque, the halal takeaway, and visited the homes of… — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
I’m a Muslim, we come from a Muslim community and we are very critical of western or American foreign policy. So if… — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
There has been a failure to grasp how competing narratives fight for the attention of angry young Muslims, and we have grossly… — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
A fatwa is a religious edict. Such edicts bind only those who seek to follow the Imam issuing them but can be… — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
No idea is above scrutiny. No idea whatsoever. To criticize, to scrutinize and to satirize my own religion [Islam] is not Islamophobia. — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
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… — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
The way to tackle Muslimphobia is to tackle prejudice against Muslims. What it is not is to pretend that Islamist extremism does… — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
Broader social concerns within Muslim communities, such as discrimination, integration or socio-economic disadvantages, should be treated distinctively and not as part of… — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
I believe that preventing radicalisation is far more efficient than de-radicalisation, meaning stopping someone joining is a lot easier than trying to… — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
Islamism is not Islam. Islamism is the politicisation of Islam, the desire to impose a version of this ancient faith over society. — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
I was held in the Mazra Tora Prison for my role as leader of the pan-Islamist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir in Alexandria. — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
Ironically, xenophobic nationalists are utilizing the benefits of globalization. — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
I care not to debate which came first, Islamism or anti-Muslim bigotry; suffice to say that both feed into each other symbiotically. — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
Let me make this clear: it is our duty to adopt a policy barring the wearing of niqabs in these public buildings. — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
Expressing myself through language was always something that I had had to learn to do more so than others. — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
Not all Muslims wish to express themselves in public through a communal religious identity. Identities are multiple, and some may wish to speak instead… — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
During my teenage years as an Islamist recruiter, I moved to live in self-contained communities in the London boroughs of Newham and Tower Hamlets. — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
As people's opportunities to succumb to confirmation bias increases online - only seeking out information that confirms their prejudices - ignorance, extremism and close-mindedness… — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
After much soul searching I was able to renounce my past Islamist ideology, challenging everything I was once prepared to die for. — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
Chance explorations on search engines do not 'accidentally' lead users to extremist websites. — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
I think I would encourage leaders to start working with communities in order to inoculate angry, young teenagers. — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
The way to tackle Muslimphobia is to tackle prejudice against Muslims. What it is not is to pretend that Islamist extremism does not exist. — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
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