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I can say with a level of confidence that Islam is not a religion of war, only because the majority of Muslims don't subscribe to that perspective, not because there's something inherent in the text that tells me it's a religion of peace.

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America did not invade Iraq because Iraqis are Muslims. Oil, money, economic interests. Who knows? But it was not because Iraqis are Muslims.

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Societies should be judged by how they treat the weakest among them.

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Traditionally, open-minded secular liberal rationalists have not made a case for tolerance.

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De-radicalisation begins by breaking down the logic which once seemed unassailable and rethinking what you are fighting for and why. That is hard to do when Islamists and Islamophobes feed off each other's hateful cliches.

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The first point of contact for radicalisation is almost always a personal one. Prisons and universities, for example, tend to be easily and regularly infiltrated by radical groups, who use them as forums to propagate their ideas.

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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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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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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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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Activist

Born: Unknown

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