My feminism, as intended by me, extends to empowering women to make legal choices, not to judge the legal choices they make. My fight is for rights. Maajid Nawaz choiceempowerextend Change image and share on social
We cannot hope to effectively counter extremism if we just focus on schools, universities and prisons: we need to take this online as well. Maajid Nawaz countereffectivelyextremism 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
For years, Islamists and other extremists have taken advantage of grievances of Muslims in Britain and have successfully identified ways to integrate them under one 'Islamic' banner. Maajid Nawaz advantagebannerbritain Change image and share on social
In today's Britain, the weakest among us are often assumed to be minority communities. In fact, the weakest are those minorities-within-minorities for whom the legal right to exit from their communities' constraints amounts to nothing before the enforcement of cultural and religious shaming. Maajid Nawaz amountassumebritain share on social
Back when I was an Islamist, I thought our ideology was like communism - and I still do. That makes me optimistic. Because what happened to communism? It was discredited as an idea. It lost. Maajid Nawaz backcommunismdiscredit Change image and share on social
By the age of 24, I found myself convicted in prison in Egypt, being blacklisted from three countries in the world for attempting to overthrow their governments, being subjected to torture in Egyptian jails, and sentenced to five years as a prisoner of conscience. Maajid Nawaz ageattemptblacklist share on social
Hizb ut-Tahrir spearheaded the radicalization of the 1990s and cultivated an atmosphere of anger. Maajid Nawaz 1990sangeratmosphere Change image and share on social
Islam will be what Muslims make of it. And it is the sum total of the interpretation that Muslims give to it. Maajid Nawaz giveinterpretationislam 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