Debate Quote by Maajid Nawaz

I have a long history of defending, and promoting, free speech and open debate - especially (especially!) within Muslim communities.

— Mehdi Hasan

These so-called extremists in Pakistan should be brought into the mainstream; if you marginalize them, you radicalize them.

— Imran Khan

I was under police security for 15 years because I was on their hit-list. I opposed Khalistan because I thought it would be suicide…

— Khushwant Singh

Growing up in Pakistan in the 1980s, I lived in the shadow of a tyrannical state.

— Mohsin Hamid

I was by Ariel Sharon's side on the day it was decided to form Kadima. It was founded in aim to create a government…

— Tzipi Livni

I immediately was captured by 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist.' It gave me a springboard into contemporary Pakistan and a dialogue between Pakistan and the rest…

— Mira Nair

I grew up in Punjab when terrorism was at its peak.

— Sonu Sood

One of the problems we're facing is, in my view, that there are no globalized, youth-led, grassroots social movements advocating for democratic culture across…

— Maajid Nawaz

The movement of Pakistan which the Quaid-e-Azam launched was ethical in inspiration and ideological in content. The story of this movement is a story…

— Fatima Jinnah

In Pakistan, there have been two real powers - one is Bhuttoism, and one is the worshipers of dictatorship. I call them the supporters…

— Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

I grew up at Kabir Choura in Varanasi in the 1970s. It was an era when communal riots used to happen every now and…

— Anubhav Sinha

“I don't want to teach Pakistani's children to think like Americans...I just want them to have a balanced, non-extremist education”

— Greg Mortenson