No idea is above scrutiny and no people are beneath dignity.
Now I think that a true liberal will always prioritize individuals over the group, will always prioritize heresy over orthodoxy, will always prioritize the dissenting voice over the status quo.
More violence does not necessarily equate with greater religious conviction.
We can’t remain silent on gender rights and personal freedoms.
We’re currently faced with two entirely different challenges – facing down Islamism and jihadism on the one hand, and advancing human rights and democratic culture on the other.
There has been a failure to grasp how competing narratives fight for the attention of angry young Muslims, and we have grossly underestimated the appeal of the jihadist brand.
I say I haven’t lost my religion. I’ve lost my ideology.
The British state already invests in early intervention campaigns in drug abuse and sexual health. Challenging extremism should be no less of a priority.
Increased sympathy for an Islamist cause, lack of integration, and the absence of acceptance of Muslims into British society makes it harder for Muslims to challenge Islamism and tough for non-Muslims to understand it.
The positive is I’m delighted at the way the Liberal Democrats as a party have supported me and the way in which the work I’m doing, through the Liberal Democrats, has abled to broaden some of the work I work on.
Unity in faith is theocracy unity in politics is fascism.
There are members – very, very close and dear members – of my family – I’m talking immediate family – who simply don’t speak to me anymore and haven’t done so for years. My marriage fell apart.
Hizb ut-Tahrir spearheaded the radicalization of the 1990s and cultivated an atmosphere of anger.
In an open society, no idea can be above scrutiny, just as no people should be beneath dignity.
My feminism, as intended by me, extends to empowering women to make legal choices, not to judge the legal choices they make. My fight is for rights.