The only certainty we have is that those who are certain of a way to arrive at worldly salvation, are committed enough to organize around this, and seek power to enforce it, will invariably descend into a bloody totalitarian fascism. Maajid Nawaz arrivebloodycertainty share on social
I realised that the idea of enforcing sharia is not consistent with Islam as it's been practised from the beginning. In other words, Islam has always been secular, and I had been totally ignorant of the fact. Maajid Nawaz beginconsistentenforce share on social
Chance explorations on search engines do not 'accidentally' lead users to extremist websites. Maajid Nawaz accidentallychanceengine Change image and share on social
Having our fundamental assumptions about life challenged is never a comfortable thing. Maajid Nawaz assumptionchallengecomfortable Change image and share on social
The British and French governments have taken a strong stance against 'extremist content' online when addressing their approach to tackling extremism. Maajid Nawaz addressapproachbritish Change image and share on social
I can now say that the more I learnt about Islam, the more tolerant I became. Maajid Nawaz islamlearntolerant Change image and share on social
De-radicalisation begins by breaking down the logic which once seemed unassailable and rethinking what you are fighting for and why. That is hard to do when Islamists and Islamophobes feed off each other's hateful cliches. Maajid Nawaz beginbreakcliche share on social
Neoconservatism had the philosophy that you go in with a supply-led approach to impose democratic values from the top down. Whereas Islamists and far-right organizations, for decades, have been building demand for their ideology on the grassroots. Maajid Nawaz approachbuilddecade share on social
There has been a failure to grasp how competing narratives fight for the attention of angry young Muslims, and we have grossly underestimated the appeal of the jihadist brand. Maajid Nawaz angryappealattention Change image and share on social
I was in prison with pretty much the who's who of the jihadist and Islamist scene of Egypt at the time, and Egypt was the cradle of Islamism for the world - it's where it began and where jihadism began as well. Maajid Nawaz begincradleegypt share on social
