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 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.

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

Does freedom of speech give the right to offend?

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

The Bosnian Genocide was something that triggered my consciousness and led to an awakening politically for me.

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