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" Ability to speak the majority language is not just important for inclusion; it is important for minorities to be able to claim their rights and entitlements. "

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" 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.' "

" The Trump phenomenon shows us how much fear of Muslims there is out there and how easily it can be exploited. "

" 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. "

" We cannot leave vulnerable young men open to the exploitation of extremists, both for our own security and their own wellbeing. "

" 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. "

" People do the most remarkable things in the most difficult of circumstances. "

" Our media provides a continuing message that for men, heroism is defined through association with control, independence, and the ability to commit violence, from superheroes to crime dramas. "

" Extremism is a complicated issue, but without addressing how it appeals to men and boys, we may be missing an important motivation and a way to address the problems in our towns and cities. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Music, performance, and a woman is very rarely accepted within Muslim communities. "

" Old, deeply engrained systems take time to change, but we can't leave it to time. "

" 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. "

" The state has a duty to protect all its citizens. "

" I come from a Muslim family. The label 'Muslim' is one aspect of me, but it's not the only part of me. "

" Attacking racism and discrimination is a very important way to work against radicalisation. "

" 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. "

" The self-proclaimed Islamic State cannot tolerate diversity, which is why we must celebrate it. "

" Speech, not violence, is how we will bridge the divides between us. "

" We need a broader perspective on what counter-radicalisation means. "

" Freedom of expression is essential for feminists and dissidents in the Muslim world. "

" 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. "

" We need to defend principles like democracy, freedom of speech, gender equality, and the rule of law through exemplifying these on a global scale, not through the same cynical, isolationist policies which have eroded these so-called 'British' values across the rest of the world. "

" There is no psychiatric pattern which can predict who becomes an extremist - but they are all frustrated with their reality. "

" If our values are worth anything, we should stand up for them and live by them, both within Britain and across the world. "

" Some women facing 'honour' crimes require relocation far outside the reaches of their extended families and changes of identity to escape detection. "

" Making people fear the expression of their own power is a very effective way of disempowering them. It is not just those who feel the frustration of being silenced: it also encompasses every person who has no idea of their own power to realise their visions because they have not seen this in action in their communities. "

" Self-expression should not be a challenge that demands extraordinary talent but should be a right accessible to all. "

" 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. "