The truth is, 'Charlie Hebdo' is not a racist magazine. Rather, it is a campaigning anti-racist left-wing magazine. Maajid Nawaz anticampaigncharlie Change image and share on social
I have founded Khudi, in Pakistan, a youth movement which tries to counter extremist ideology through healthy discussion and debate. Maajid Nawaz counterdebatediscussion Change image and share on social
I really didn't grow up religious, and I didn't grow up acknowledging my Muslim identity. For me, I was a British Pakistani. Maajid Nawaz acknowledgebritishgrow Change image and share on social
Satire is, by definition, offensive. It is meant to make us feel uncomfortable. It is meant to make us scratch our heads, think, do a double-take, and then think again. Maajid Nawaz definitiondoublefeel Change image and share on social
I was in prison with the assassins of the former president of Egypt, Anwar Sadat, who was killed in 1981. Those who weren't executed in that case were given life sentences, and two of those were with me in prison. Maajid Nawaz anwarassassincase share on social
Wherever I've been, I've left people who joined Hizb ut-Tahrir. I have to make amends. What I did was damaging to British society and the world at large. Maajid Nawaz amendbritishdamage Change image and share on social
The best revolutions are unplanned, and the most democratic are leaderless. Maajid Nawaz democraticleaderlessrevolution Change image and share on social
To be forced to defend oneself is an inherently undesirable position to be in. The focus shifts from ideas to the person conveying them. Maajid Nawaz conveydefendfocus Change image and share on social
Being veterans of the struggle to push back against fundamentalist Christians, American liberals are well acquainted with the pitfalls of the neoconservative flirtation with the religious-right. Maajid Nawaz acquaintamericanback Change image and share on social
The cheeky ideal I am calling for is that Muslims should be viewed as equal citizens, nothing more and nothing less. Maajid Nawaz callcheekycitizen Change image and share on social