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Maajid Nawaz Quotes

British - Activist | -

I really didn't grow up religious, and I didn't grow up acknowledging my Muslim identity. For me, I was a British Pakistani.

Identity Me Grow Grow Up Up British

Hip-hop in the '90s began moving towards the Nation of Islam and the 5 Percenters, black nationalist movements; very much so, these movements embraced a form of Islam: Malcom X's form of Islam prior to his change.

Change Moving Black Hip-Hop Islam

I was in prison with pretty much the who's who of the jihadist and Islamist scene of Egypt at the time, and Egypt was the cradle of Islamism for the world - it's where it began and where jihadism began as well.

Time World Prison Egypt Pretty Well

Expressing myself through language was always something that I had had to learn to do more so than others.

Myself Language Learn Others More

I used to MC a bit when I was young - 14 or 15 years old.

Young Old Years Used Bit

What we cannot deny is that there's an association between exclusion, segregation, non-violent extremist thinking, and jihadism.

Thinking Segregation Association Deny

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.

Challenges Society You Down Within

I was, by the way - I'm an Essex lad, born and raised in Essex in the U.K.

Born Way Raised Lad

By the age of 24, I found myself convicted in prison in Egypt, being blacklisted from three countries in the world for attempting to overthrow their governments, being subjected to torture in Egyptian jails, and sentenced to five years as a prisoner of conscience.

Age Myself World Prison Three Egypt

One of the problems we're facing is, in my view, that there are no globalized, youth-led, grassroots social movements advocating for democratic culture across Muslim-majority societies.

Culture Problems View Social Facing

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.

Building Philosophy You Values Down

The conclusion that I have come to is that actually, no religion, whether it's Islam, Christianity or any idea based on scripture or texts, is a religion of 'anything,' really.

Religion Islam Anything Conclusion

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