What's my audience? British society. Am I received relatively well? Yes. Is there within that... if you break it down, challenges with Muslim communities? Of course there are. Maajid Nawaz audiencebreakbritish Change image and share on social
For my own part, once I became a teenager, I experienced severe and violent racism. Maajid Nawaz experiencepartracism 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
I joined a radical group at the age of 16 because I'm a passionate man; the good news is that I turned myself around since then. But my character is still quite free and passionate. Maajid Nawaz agecharacterfree Change image and share on social
I was born and raised in Essex, just outside London, to a financially comfortable, well-educated Pakistani family. Maajid Nawaz bearcomfortableeducate Change image and share on social
If liberalism is to mean anything at all, it is duty bound to support without hesitation the dissenting individual over the group, the heretic over the orthodox, innovation over stagnation, and free speech over offense. Maajid Nawaz binddissentduty share on social
The first point of contact for radicalisation is almost always a personal one. Prisons and universities, for example, tend to be easily and regularly infiltrated by radical groups, who use them as forums to propagate their ideas. Maajid Nawaz contacteasilyforum share on social
Hip-hop in the '90s began moving towards the Nation of Islam and the 5 Percenters, black nationalist movements; very much so, these movements embraced a form of Islam: Malcom X's form of Islam prior to his change. Maajid Nawaz 90sbeginblack 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
If our hard-earned liberty, our desire to be irreverent of the old and to question the new, can be reduced to one, basic and indispensable right, it must be the right to free speech. Maajid Nawaz basicdesireearn Change image and share on social
