Maajid Nawaz Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“No idea is above scrutiny. No idea whatsoever. To criticize, to scrutinize and to satirize my own religion [Islam] is not Islamophobia.”
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“After much soul searching I was able to renounce my past Islamist ideology, challenging everything I was once prepared to die for.”
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“Preying on the grievances of disaffected young men is the bedrock of Islamism.”
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“Islamism is not Islam. Islamism is the politicisation of Islam, the desire to impose a version of this ancient faith over society.”
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“Does freedom of speech give the right to offend?”
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“There are no globalized, youth-led, grassroots social movements advocating for democratic culture across Muslim-majority societies. There is no equivalent of Al-Qaeda without the terrorism.”
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“I can now say that the more I learnt about Islam, the more tolerant I became.”
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“Ironically, xenophobic nationalists are utilizing the benefits of globalization.”
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“I’m a Muslim, we come from a Muslim community and we are very critical of western or American foreign policy. So if I’ve got the right and if other Muslims have got the right to criticize… likewise everyone else has also got the right to criticize everything else.”
-- Maajid Nawaz
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