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Maajid Usman Nawaz ( Urdu: [ˈmaːdʒɪd̪ nəwaːz]; born 2 November 1977) [1] is a British activist and former radio presenter. He was the founding chairman of the think tank Quilliam. Until January 2022, he was the host of an LBC radio show on Saturdays and Sundays. Born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, to a British Pakistani family, Nawaz is a ...
ISBN. 9780753540770 [2] Radical: My Journey out of Islamist Extremism is a 2012 memoir by the British activist Maajid Nawaz, who is also a former Islamist. First published in the United Kingdom, the book describes Nawaz's journey "from Muslim extremist to taking tea at Number 10 ". The United States edition contains a preface for American ...
Quilliam was a British think tank co-founded in 2008 by Maajid Nawaz that focused on counter- extremism, specifically against Islamism, which it argued represents a desire to impose a given interpretation of Islam on society.
978-0-674-08870-2. Preceded by. Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion Radical: My Journey out of Islamist Extremism. Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue is a 2015 book collaboration between American author Sam Harris and British activist Maajid Nawaz. The book has been subsequently adapted into a documentary film of the ...
During the documentary, Ansar came under much pressure when challenged on certain moral values and theological principles by Maajid Nawaz of the Quilliam think tank. At the end of the documentary, Robinson left the EDL and began to work with Quilliam, which he later cited as helping facilitate his exit.
Concept. In 2007, Maajid Nawaz, a former Islamist who had renounced his association with the radical Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir in favour of secular Islam, used the phrase regressive left to describe left-leaning people who, according to him, pander to Islamism, which he defines as a "global totalitarian theo-political project" with a "desire to impose any given interpretation of Islam over ...
Website. www .mohammedshafiq .net. Mohammed Shafiq (born 25 January 1979) [1] is a British media personality known for his commentary on Islam in the United Kingdom . Shafiq has spoken out against extremism and terrorism since 2001, condemning the 2007 Glasgow Airport attack. [2] In October 2013, he was warned by anti-terrorist police about ...
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Lady Ferguson ( / ɑːˈjɑːn ˈhɪərsi ˈɑːli /; Dutch: [aːˈjaːn ˈɦiːrsi ˈaːli] ⓘ; Somali: Ayaan Xirsi Cali: Ayān Ḥirsi 'Alī ; [a] born 13 November 1969) [1] is a Somali -born, Dutch-American writer, activist and former politician. [2] [3] [4] She is a critic of Islam and advocate for the rights and self ...