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

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.

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

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

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