Sam harris burns up twitter verboten publishing medium. British secular muslims reject apologist and obfuscating stance of british journalist mehdi hasan on global terrorism by wahhabi deobandi islamists. Russell brand explains the truth to muslim mehdi hasan. I met maajid nawaz on a drizzly afternoon in march, tucked in a corner of the. Maajid nawaz sat down with professor jordan peterson for an exclusive lbc interview which covered topics ranging from gender pronouns to being compared to hitler.
Radical came alive for me around halfway through when maajid is sent to prison in egypt. Nawazs book is very much a companion piece to ed husain s the islamist which was published in 2007, in that it is a much. Nawaz went from being a hiphop loving youngster to a radical islamist before finally renouncing extremism. So itd be like a heavyweight against a bantamweight. British writer maajid nawaz on jihad and the altright and whether going to a. My journey out of islamist extremism hardcover october 15, 20. Is it misguided to focus exclusively on religion or politics. A recovery and discussion subreddit for those who were once followers of islam. Allahu subhanahu wa taala created brother mehdi hasan from five sacred ingredients. Most who follow sam or maajid nawaz know of the long running feud with journalist mehdi hasan over the role of islam in the modern world. The muslim community is far from perfect, but our misrepresentation as. Khalidis latest book is titled the hundred years war on palestine. An excellent book from one of the most important voices in the muslim world.
He offers in passing a revealing critique against the left whose passionate resistance against western aggression, he argues, often blinds them to the deceitful ways of islamists and the severity of their threat to the west. Mehdi hasan is the moderate muslim who compares nonmuslims to animals. The son of a conservative and influential salafi sheikh, hasan used a break from. I dont think there are a lot of people who want to blow themselves up because my daughters. Islam reza aslan is a religious academic who has been both muslim and christian at various stages of his life currently muslim, and so has the experience of being a. After the trojan horse episode in birmingham, ibrahim hewitt and maajid nawaz of the quilliam foundation discuss what exactly should and should not be taught in muslim schools in the uk. Isis have killed muslims in istanbul, dhaka, baghdad and now the holy city of madina. Reza aslan or maajid nawaz who makes more sense as the voice that will change public perception of islam and muslims. Maajid nawaz, mehdi hassan and mohammed ansar clash over jesus and mo tweet on newsnight. Debate and democracies are alien to muslims their locus of control is the book and mullahs and maulavis.
As a muslim, i struggle with the idea of homosexuality. I think ill run a book sorry mehdi, i know thats haram on what name he calls me first. Whilst muslims clearly feel that maajid doesnt represent them or the. He is the founding chairman of quilliam, a counterextremism think tank that seeks to challenge the narratives of islamist extremists, and the host of. Why we need to be careful when selecting muslim role models. Reza aslan or maajid nawaz who makes more sense as the. One of the first things im going to do when i get back to work is to ensure the school library stocks a copy of maajid nawaz s radical. Well as you know muslim community is not monolithic so maajid nawaz will have support from some muslim folks that are bit further from literal islam.
Richard dawkins endorses lib dem candidates layla moran. Has anyone else on this forum read maajid nawaz s book radical. Lesley stahl, 60 minutes maajid nawaz s radical is fascinating, and essential if you want to understand in a visceral way why some young muslims embrace extremist ideology. The book written by maajid nawaz goes into much detail of the frustration faced by men and women. A book part biography and very much a wake up call to those who have no understanding of islam or islamism. The son of a conservative and influential salafi sheikh, hasan used a break.
I used to mc a bit when i was young, 14 or 15 years old. Muslims on twitter unite with hashtag about maajid nawaz the. Mehdi hasan corresponds with maajid nawaz, a former extremist. Your new memoir, radical, exploring your journey from hizb uttahrir activist to selfprofessed liberal muslim, is bold, fascinating and, at times, insightful. Maajid nawaz, mehdi hassan and mo ansar lock horns on bbc. Maajid nawaz spent his teenage years listening to american hiphop and learning about the radical islamist movement spreading throughout europe and asia in the 1980s and 90s. It matters not whether the grievances are real or perceived. After a recent antimuslim hate crime and terrorist attack, i can understand there being a discussion about it, on this sub in particular. Mehdi hasan is a presenter of al jazeera television and a political editor of uk version of the huffington post. What brother mehdi does lack, though, is the supreme arrogance of brother muhammad hijab. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Hasan is the coauthor of a biography of ed miliband and was formerly the.
What i dont understand is all the people linking posts to mehdi hasan s twitter, website, articles, etc. Reading books on human rights and interacting with amnesty international, which. Read majid nawazs turgid book radical assuming you can get through it and you will find a shallow selfserving publicityhungry narcissist marked by utter. This is an extract from towards the end of the post. Former islamist radical maajid nawaz on regressive leftism and. There is a pernicious, disingenuous meme floating around. On second thoughts, while robert is correct in being willing to debate maajid nawaz, i now think that it will bring robert nothing, not even some sport. Sam harris and maajid nawaz should be commended for conducting a frank and wideranging conversation about a number of key issues around religion, reform, and islam in the modern world. Sam harris, who considers maajid to be a friend has been a vocal opponent of muslims and isla. Sams current views on islam can be found in the short book he wrote with maajid nawaz. How many of the likes of mo ansar and mehdi hassan are willing to openly. Richard dawkins endorses lib dem candidates layla moran and maajid nawaz. Maajid nawaz, a former islamist extremist, asks for new grassroots stories and. To suggest or imply otherwise, as the quilliam foundation does, is rather asinine.
Ive made homophobic remarks in the past, writes mehdi hasan, but now ive grown up and reconciled my islamic beliefs with my attitude to gay rights. Islam, islamophobia, maajid nawaz, mehdi hasan, racism, religion, religious freedom by the reenlightenment. Most who follow sam or maajid nawaz know of the long running feud with. Nawaz s approach is based upon detailed familiarity with extremist worldviews, and with the history and tradition. My journey out of islamist extremism by maajid nawaz. Maajid and i spoke about many things and what was clear at the time was that his views had changed very little. Maajid nawaz, the bbc and the uk muslim community part 1. As an infidel i struggle with mehdi hasan the blog of. Maajid nawaz, the bbc and the uk muslim community part 1 by abdullah al andalusi on april 15, 2014 2 comments on the 24th and 25th march 2014, the bbc hosting maajid nawaz on two of its shows, bbc 1s newsnight and bbc 3s free speech to. Tommy robinson mehdi hasan preaching, wailing and crying. This is not the style of ted talk ever likely to be delivered by mehdi hasan.
Maajid nawaz, mo ansar and mehdi hasan debate jesus and mo tweet by lib dem candidate. Auto suggestions are available once you type at least 3 letters. Ive been intrigued by what happens when a muslim mind comes in contact with the truth. Yesterday, sam harris published his response to controversy to help address the constant gas lighting on twitter. At worst, there may be the odd rather somnolent phonein show. Mehdi hasan and maajid nawaz debate whats to blame for persistent muslim extremism the violent appeal of political islam, or botched western foreign policy. An insightful account of one mans drastic evolution from religious fervor to enlightened peace. With the headlines covering fanaticism, fundamentalism, superstition and ignorance, religion is getting a bad press these days. Nawazs powers of verbal persuasion are something even his. British writer maajid nawaz on jihad and the altright and whether going to a strip. The qulliam foundation says that talk of the muslim world serves to bolster islamist and alqaida narratives. Mehdi raza hasan born july 1979 is a british political journalist, broadcaster and author. After a fiery exchange between sam harris and mehdi hasan on twitter, maajid nawaz chimed in and was swiftly and beautifully shut down by professor juan cole from the university of michigan.
My journey from islamist extremism to a democratic. All very regrettable, shafiq explained when called upon to account for himself, but maajid nawaz ought to have known better. As a muslim, i struggle with the idea of homosexuality but i oppose homophobia. He has a little more flair than mehdi hassan, but is no smarter.
Mehdi hasan goes head to head with maajid nawaz of quilliam. Sam harris, who considers maajid to be a friend has been a vocal opponent of muslims and islam over the years theres a list of some of his quotes at the bottom of this piece. Here are the quotes highlighted by mehdi hasan on twitter that lit the fire. Fortunately, a true liberal muslim voice, maajid nawaz has taken this lazy apologism to task on his facebook page. Nawaz began receiving anonymous phone calls and death threats, some of which were so lurid and elaborate theyre better described as torture fantasies. Islam and the future of tolerance is an open dialogue and collaboration between sam harris and maajid nawaz, who both discuss the problems of a subsection of extremists in the name of islam and provide some eloquent solutions. Jordan peterson meets maajid nawaz interview in full. I agree and i would go one step further and say islam is not alone or unique that regard. Maajid nawaz is widely dismissed as an uncle tom and a right wing sellout who really has a mostly young, white male audience.
Mehdi hassan posts a long thread on twitter, apologizing. Maajid usman nawaz is a british activist and radio presenter. In the uk he labels other modernisers like maajid nawaz as islamophobes, sternly berating him whilst he sat alongside moansar onbbc newsnight for an offensive stick cartoon of muhammad saying hi. British secular muslims reject mehdi hasans obfuscation. Muslims on twitter unite with hashtag about maajid nawaz.
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