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" Attacking racism and discrimination is a very important way to work against radicalisation. "
Deeyah Khan
Work
Discrimination
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" We must defend democracy using its own mechanisms, through explaining and exemplifying its merits rather than through the heavy-handed and arbitrary silencing of its critics. This is how we will build a sustainable alternative to the contorted worldview of extremists. "
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" 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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" The proportion of women attracted to the Islamic State is likely to be less than that in other militant organisations, such as the Tamil Tigers, the PKK, and the IRA. Undoubtedly, their roles within the Islamic State are much more confined by the rigid gender divisions under their ultraconservative rulings. "
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" The Islamic State does not want us to open our doors to their refugees. It wants them to be hopeless and desperate. It does not want us to enjoy ourselves with our families and friends in bars and concert halls, stadiums and restaurants. It wants us to huddle in our houses, within our own social groups, and close our doors in fear. "
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Enjoy
" Within a life that seems uncomfortably scripted by family and community pressures, hyper-religiosity can provide a way to break with parental expectations and flee from parental control. "
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" We ignore the similarities between the religious extremism and ethno-nationalism at our peril. "
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" Old, deeply engrained systems take time to change, but we can't leave it to time. "
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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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" Like Theresa May, I regularly find myself infuriated by the rantings of Anjem Choudary and other hate preachers. "
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Myself
" People do the most remarkable things in the most difficult of circumstances. "
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" Muslim women can save the world from ISIS. "
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" No one is born a terrorist, but the route to become one is surprisingly easy. We need to listen to those who have been there, and those who have made their way back, if we want to stop others from taking their first steps down this same path into darkness. "
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Born
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" Censorship in all its forms must be challenged. "
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Challenged
Forms
" Freedom of expression is essential for feminists and dissidents in the Muslim world. "
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Expression
Freedom
Muslim
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Democracy
Law
" 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.' "
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Family
Children
" 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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" 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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" 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. "
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Humanity
" 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. "
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" As a girl, I abandoned a promising singing career due to violent harassment by Islamists. "
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" Britain has supported theocrats and dictators as long as it served British business interests, whether under Tory or Labour rule. "
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" The problem with Muslim women is less that we cannot speak the language, but that no one listens to us. "
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" For many young men, joining in a radical movement is a way of feeling powerful, which is particularly intoxicating for men who feel their masculinity has been called into question, whether through victimisation or a failure to achieve the status that they feel they are entitled to. "
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