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I didn't imagine sharing a panel with a former neo-Nazi, because, of course, I joined the group I did, Hizb-ut-Tahrir, at 16 after being chased in the streets by [the right-wing extremist group] Combat 18, and being stabbed.

— Maajid Nawaz

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I think it's important just to distinguish between Islamism and Islam, a religion.

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When I saw him I thought, "my God, if these guys ever came to power and declared a caliphate, it would be Hell on Earth."

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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.

I am still a Muslim, but I am now liberal.

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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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