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

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

It's not always the case that Muslims have been theocrats.

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

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

Once you subscribe to an ideological dogma as a solution to certain grievances, it then frames your mindset.

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.