Within our lifetime, we can remember a time when Islamism wasn't the dominant form of discourse or the aim should be to minimise the absolutists within any religious community and contain them.

After much soul searching I was able to renounce my past Islamist ideology, challenging everything I was once prepared to die for.

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

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

Preying on the grievances of disaffected young men is the bedrock of Islamism.

Does freedom of speech give the right to offend?

I believe that preventing radicalisation is far more efficient than de-radicalisation, meaning stopping someone joining is a lot easier than trying to pull someone out once they've joined.