No form of theocracy, whether it's manifested in a violent or non-violent form, is ever good for civilisation, and we have to challenge it in civil society as well as we would challenge Christian-based theocracy, or any other form of bigotry.

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

Ironically, xenophobic nationalists are utilizing the benefits of globalization.

Does freedom of speech give the right to offend?

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.

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.

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