I’m just trying to stretch the public space wider and make it more open so that a wider variety of people and faces and stories and perspectives and also expertise can come through. So everything that I do rests on that, trying to support on other voices. Deeyah Khan Read Quote
Rather than shutting down free speech, we need to broaden it, to make it possible for young people to say even the things we dislike so we can talk them down. And we need politicians to articulate a picture of the future that includes all of us. Not British values but shared human values. Deeyah Khan Read Quote
Music, performance, and a woman is very rarely accepted within Muslim communities. Deeyah Khan Read Quote
I come from a Muslim family. The label ‘Muslim’ is one aspect of me, but it’s not the only part of me. Deeyah Khan Read Quote
I’m a woman of colour. I am the daughter of immigrants. I am a Muslim. I am a feminist. I am a lefty liberal. Deeyah Khan Read Quote
Our freedoms are shared freedoms: they are bound up in each other. The ability to confront oppression in the guise of religion is linked to our ability to worship as we choose: both are acts of expression. Deeyah Khan Read Quote
As a girl, I abandoned a promising singing career due to violent harassment by Islamists. Deeyah Khan Read Quote
I have watched the spread of violent extremism and jihadism across Europe and the U.K. with dismay, particularly given my history of experiencing threats, abuse, and harassment by Muslim fanatics. Deeyah Khan Read Quote
The self-proclaimed Islamic State cannot tolerate diversity, which is why we must celebrate it. Deeyah Khan Read Quote
