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> [Proportional representation is as British as first-past-the-post.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehdi-hasan/proportional-representation-is-as-british-as-first-past-the-post/)

[Mehdi Hasan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mehdi-hasan/)

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## More by Mehdi Hasan

> [How is it that labels like 'centrist' and 'moderate,' which common sense tells us should reflect the views of a majority of Americans, have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehdi-hasan/how-is-it-that-labels-like-centrist-and-moderate-which-common-sense/)

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> [Shortly after he became the first Muslim to attend cabinet, I urged Sadiq Khan to be prepared. The Islamophobes, the new McCarthyites, would at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehdi-hasan/shortly-after-he-became-the-first-muslim-to-attend-cabinet-i-urged/)

[Mehdi Hasan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mehdi-hasan/)

> [You underestimate John Bolton at your peril.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehdi-hasan/you-underestimate-john-bolton-at-your-peril/)

[Mehdi Hasan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mehdi-hasan/)

> [In theory, the filibuster helps whichever party is in the minority in the Senate. In practice, it is the Republicans who have disproportionately used…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehdi-hasan/in-theory-the-filibuster-helps-whichever-party-is-in-the-minority-in/)

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> [We have to find a way to try and reconcile our beliefs - and Islam, like Judaism and Christianity, has traditionally seen homosexuality as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehdi-hasan/we-have-to-find-a-way-to-try-and-reconcile-our-beliefs-and-islam-like/)

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> [Even as evidence mounts that immigration is bolstering the British economy, the political consensus seems to be that bashing immigration boosts electoral fortunes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehdi-hasan/even-as-evidence-mounts-that-immigration-is-bolstering-the-british/)

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> [I think that the anti-Semitic problem in the British Muslim community is worse than among the community at large.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehdi-hasan/i-think-that-the-anti-semitic-problem-in-the-british-muslim-community/)

[Mehdi Hasan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mehdi-hasan/)

> [My fundamental concern about the role of faith groups in providing social provision is democratic: how do we hold them to account? To whom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehdi-hasan/my-fundamental-concern-about-the-role-of-faith-groups-in-providing/)

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> [None of us believes in an untrammelled right to free speech. We all agree there are always going to be lines that, for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehdi-hasan/none-of-us-believes-in-an-untrammelled-right-to-free-speech-we-all/)

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> [Anti-Semitism isn't just tolerated in some sections of the British Muslim community; it's routine and commonplace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehdi-hasan/anti-semitism-isn-t-just-tolerated-in-some-sections-of-the-british/)

[Mehdi Hasan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mehdi-hasan/)

> [There's a general ignorance about how Muslims live and what Muslims believe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehdi-hasan/there-s-a-general-ignorance-about-how-muslims-live-and-what-muslims/)

[Mehdi Hasan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mehdi-hasan/)

> [The truth is that the dream of 'two states for two peoples,' born in the '90s, died in the noughties. The two-state solution, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehdi-hasan/the-truth-is-that-the-dream-of-two-states-for-two-peoples-born-in-the/)

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> [I will call out someone if he's Islamophobic, and I will also call out anti-Semitism. It's immoral to call out one and not the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehdi-hasan/i-will-call-out-someone-if-he-s-islamophobic-and-i-will-also-call-out/)

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> [The state exists to serve and protect every citizen, regardless of colour, creed, race or religion - and the welfare state should exist to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehdi-hasan/the-state-exists-to-serve-and-protect-every-citizen-regardless-of/)

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> [To speak of the Muslim world is not to endorse a totalitarian project, nor to bolster an Islamist narrative, nor to suggest that variety,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehdi-hasan/to-speak-of-the-muslim-world-is-not-to-endorse-a-totalitarian-project/)

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