I am everything I am today, because of my past.

Islamism is not Islam. Islamism is the politicisation of Islam, the desire to impose a version of this ancient faith over society.

I'm yet to discover any form of theocracy that isn't homophobic, that isn't bigoted to the out group.

Amnesty International adopted me as a prisoner of conscience, and that led to my - it touched me in a way that really led to me opening up my heart, I've called it the re-humanisation process.

We have to render Islamist extremism as unattractive as communism has become today.

Does freedom of speech give the right to offend?

I can now say that the more I learnt about Islam, the more tolerant I became.