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" We need a broader perspective on what counter-radicalisation means. "
Deeyah Khan
Means
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" People at risk of 'honour'-based violence require long-term support, often years past the closure of a case, for continuing culturally-sensitive psychological support and the development of long-term protection plans. "
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" There is no psychiatric pattern which can predict who becomes an extremist - but they are all frustrated with their reality. "
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" I'm just trying to stretch the public space wider and make it more open so that a wider variety of people and faces and stories and perspectives and also expertise can come through. So everything that I do rests on that, trying to support on other voices. "
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" Some women facing 'honour' crimes require relocation far outside the reaches of their extended families and changes of identity to escape detection. "
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" The Trump phenomenon shows us how much fear of Muslims there is out there and how easily it can be exploited. "
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" Old, deeply engrained systems take time to change, but we can't leave it to time. "
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" If we value human rights, they should be at the core of the project against violent extremism, and women a key part of our imagined future. "
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" Many Muslim parents are authoritarian, which leaves young men and women with limited spaces to express themselves. Self-expression and autonomy are regarded as symptoms of 'Westernisation.' "
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Leaves
Young
" A hedonistic lifestyle contrary to all the rules and expectations of Islam is not an unusual precursor to radicalisation: in fact, some young radicals see joining in the jihad as a way of achieving redemption for past sins. "
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Expectations
" Extremist movements are driven by their inability to tolerate the basic human fact of pluralism. They refuse to accept the natural cultural and religious diversity of our world, seeking to impose their own beliefs and behaviours as a universal pattern for humanity. "
Deeyah Khan
Accept
Diversity
Humanity
" Living through the intersections of cultural diversity has given me an intimate understanding of the dynamics of living between the dimensions of East and West, traditional and modern, and political and spiritual. "
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Diversity
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" Rather than shutting down free speech, we need to broaden it, to make it possible for young people to say even the things we dislike so we can talk them down. And we need politicians to articulate a picture of the future that includes all of us. Not British values but shared human values. "
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Free
Values
Future
" We cannot leave vulnerable young men open to the exploitation of extremists, both for our own security and their own wellbeing. "
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Own
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" Music, performance, and a woman is very rarely accepted within Muslim communities. "
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Performance
Music
" Some Muslim children, both male and female, have little choice in who to marry, what to study, what their careers will be, and who they can socialise with. Their lives are constrained under the expectations of family 'honour.' "
Deeyah Khan
Expectations
Family
Children
" Freedom of speech is a human right and the foundation upon which democracy is built. Any restriction of freedom of speech is a restriction upon democracy. "
Deeyah Khan
Freedom
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" Britain has been responsible for the undermining of democracy, turning a blind eye to abuses by its allies, using extraordinary rendition to get around the rule of law, passing over the denial of individual liberties to dissidents, and the evasion of the dismal situation for religious minorities. "
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" The thing is, what most people don't understand is that there are so many of us growing up in Europe who are not free to be ourselves. We're not allowed to be who we are. We are not free to marry or to be in relationships with people that we choose. We can't even pick our own career. This is the norm in the Muslim heartlands of Europe. "
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People
Free
" The problem with Muslim women is less that we cannot speak the language, but that no one listens to us. "
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Us
Women
" Women with education, skills, and independent sources of income are more able to withstand the pressures of the patriarchal family and more able to express their opinions and to move freely within their communities. "
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" Left to the mercies of their communities, Muslim women and children remain in abusive households and face losing their financial security over issues like child maintenance and inheritance through the judgments of 'sharia' courts. "
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" I know some women's rights activists have seen so much abuse that they can't stand men, but I have a sense of empathy with the men. Without excusing the abuse they are capable of, many of them are trapped within these communities and bound by expectations they didn't necessarily ask for. "
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Expectations
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" Jihadis want to watch the world burn, to bring everything crashing down, to destroy the establishment and rebuild it after their own pitiless vision. This misguided utopianism is what makes them such effective bogeymen. "
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Want
Own
Down
" We ignore the similarities between the religious extremism and ethno-nationalism at our peril. "
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Peril
Similarities
Extremism
" Britain has supported theocrats and dictators as long as it served British business interests, whether under Tory or Labour rule. "
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Dictators
Business
British
" While religious fundamentalism is treated as a serious social problem because it has the potential to lead to rare but devastating acts of terrorism against the public, with a variety of programmes and interventions to address it, everyday violence against women occurring in the name of fundamentalism has long been neglected. "
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Women
Violence
" I'm a woman of colour. I am the daughter of immigrants. I am a Muslim. I am a feminist. I am a lefty liberal. "
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" Our society constantly promotes role models for masculinity, from superheroes to politicians, where the concept of being a 'man' is based in their ability to be tough, dominant - and even violent when required. "
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Man
" We need to be able to guarantee the safety of all artists and activists for human rights so that it no longer takes extraordinary courage to call for a better world - so that every person with the ability to imagine peace, equality, progress, and justice can express their dreams and hopes without fear. "
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