Debate Quote by Maajid Nawaz

At this point I hadn't yet gotten deep into the historic condition that negroes in this country are confronted with, but at that point…

— Malcolm X

What you did to one, you did to all. So they couldn't have that type of religion being taught in the prison.

— Malcolm X

When you're in prison, you either embrace religion or you reject it. I embraced it it was a very spiritual time for me.

— Henrique Capriles Radonski

The idea that I had anything to do with speaking about Islam or about the Muslim world was just absurd to my family. ...…

— Aasif Mandvi

I was incarcerated for a little while in Baltimore, and my celly was Muslim. I was watching him pray every day, and his outlook…

— Dave East

Prison is what really radicalized me most deeply. I remember thinking, my God, these people did things that were no worse than what other…

— David Dellinger

Prison is a severe and terrible punishment; but for me, thanks to Arthur Balfour, this was not so. I was much cheered on my…

— Bertrand Russell

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

— Mehdi Hasan

I was a curious child. I'd debate with anyone who came to the door - people from the Islamic community... Jehovah's Witnesses... anyone.

— Forest Whitaker

Within our lifetime, we can remember a time when Islamism wasn't the dominant form of discourse or the aim should be to minimise the…

— Maajid Nawaz

“Regarding faith, my adherence to Islam had not diminished over the years since my conversion, but I had modified it from the intense orthodoxy…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I can now say that the more I learnt about Islam, the more tolerant I became.

— Maajid Nawaz