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 Read Quote
My identity comprises of more than just my faith. I am a proud Muslim, but I am also a liberal, a Briton, a Pakistani, a Londoner, a father, a product of the globalised world who speaks English, Arabic and Urdu. Maajid Nawaz Read Quote
Yes, women should be free to cover their faces when walking down the street. But in our schools, hospitals, airports, banks and civil institutions, it is not unreasonable – nor contrary to the teachings of Islam – to expect women to show the one thing that allows the rest of us to identify them… namely, their face. Maajid Nawaz Read Quote
The truth is, ‘Charlie Hebdo’ is not a racist magazine. Rather, it is a campaigning anti-racist left-wing magazine. Maajid Nawaz Read Quote
The British and French governments have taken a strong stance against ‘extremist content’ online when addressing their approach to tackling extremism. Maajid Nawaz Read Quote
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 Read Quote
The truth is that just as the ‘West’ is not a homogenous entity with one view on foreign and domestic policy, nor are Muslims. Maajid Nawaz Read Quote
Muslim’ is not a political party. ‘Muslim’ is not a single culture. Muslims go to war with each other. There are more Muslims in India, Russia and China than in most Muslim-majority nations. ‘Muslim’ is not a homogenous entity. Maajid Nawaz Read Quote
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 Read Quote
In an open society, no idea can be above scrutiny, just as no people should be beneath dignity. Maajid Nawaz Read Quote
