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I was filled with hate and anger. But during my trial, something decisive happened: Amnesty International adopted me as a prisoner of conscience, and it was an unbelievable feeling to know that there is someone fighting for you on the outside. Amnesty's 'soft' approach made me seriously consider alternatives to revenge.

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I come from an immigrant family, but I know no other nationality apart from British.

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I worked my way through the education system and was treated as though I had value.

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My upbringing was completely liberal from the start. In fact, I didn't even have a Muslim identity.

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I realised that the idea of enforcing sharia is not consistent with Islam as it's been practised from the beginning. In other words, Islam has always been secular, and I had been totally ignorant of the fact.

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Back when I was an Islamist, I thought our ideology was like communism - and I still do. That makes me optimistic. Because what happened to communism? It was discredited as an idea. It lost.

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To be forced to defend oneself is an inherently undesirable position to be in. The focus shifts from ideas to the person conveying them.

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To suggest that a Muslim cannot think for himself sounds to me very much like an incident of anti-Muslim bigotry.

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Language that is designed to dehumanize has consequences.

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I am a Muslim. I am born to Muslim parents. I have a Muslim son. I have been imprisoned and witnessed torture for my previous understanding of my religion.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Activist

Born: Unknown

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