
Radical
My Journey from Islamist Extremism to a Democratic Awakening
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Maajid Nawaz
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Maajid Nawaz
About this listen
Born and raised in Essex, Maajid Nawaz was recruited into politicised Islam as a teenager. Abandoning his love of hip-hop music, graffiti and girls, he was recruited into Hizb ut-Tahrir (the Liberation Party), where he played a leading and international role in the shaping and dissemination of an aggressive anti-West narrative. While studying for his Arabic and law degree, he travelled around the UK and to Denmark and Pakistan, setting up new cells.
He arrived in Egypt the day before 9/11, where his views soon led to his arrest, imprisonment and mental torture before he was thrown into solitary confinement in a Cairo jail reserved for political prisoners. There, while mixing with everyone from the assassins of Egypt's president to Liberal reformists, he underwent an intellectual transformation, and on his release after four years, he publically renounced the Islamist ideology that had defined his life. This move would cost him his marriage, his family and his friends as well as his own personal security.
Six years after his release, Maajid now works all over the world to counter Islamism and to promote democratic ideals through his organisation, The Quilliam Foundation, which he cofounded with former Islamist and best-selling author Ed Husain.
Following in the wake of the extraordinary democratic change in the Arab world that few would have foretold, Radical is Maajid's intensely personal account of life inside and out of Islamic extremism. It also highlights one man's quest to inspire change and challenge extremism in all its forms. This is a hard-hitting memoir of one man's journey into and out of Islamic extremism.
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- Mike
- 05-17-18
Absolutely breathtaking
Listening to Maajid tell his story is shocking, exciting, intellectually compelling, and highly informative. I highly recommend this to those who have an interest in politics, religion, or extremism and deradicalization.
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- Jennifer Elliott
- 10-10-18
A must read...
Every now and then a book like this one comes along... A great story told with heartfelt realism.
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- Harry Van Der Schyff
- 04-12-22
Fascinating
Enjoyed the book. though I did struggle to follow at some points . but ultimately a great listen, and one I'll definitely be giving another go soon.
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