Nawaz has an excellent line about how we shouldn’t be blinded in the Left (wing) eye and bursting blood vessels of rage in the Right (wing) eye. The Left argues that it has nothing to do with Islam while the Right argues it has everything to do with Islam. Meanwhile Nawaz argues it has something to do with Islam and that the radicalization process is…

I would recommend that you look into Maajid Nawaz’s memoir Radical. As a former Islamist, he describes how he became radicalized in his youth and how he became disillusioned when jailed in Egypt in the early 2000s. He’s now a passionate advocate of democratic culture and has founded a counter-extremist think tank, the Quilliam Foundation. He has a…

Book Review: ‘Radical’ by Maajid Nawaz

Book: Radical — My Journey Out of Islamist Extremism
Author: Maajid Nawaz
Rating: ****
Year: 2012

Islam and the Future of Tolerance

Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz have come together to write a book: Islam and the Future of Tolerance. The resulting dialogue between an atheist and a liberal Muslim is an attempt to combat Islamist tendencies among Muslim youth, but it is not entirely clear who the…

Noise pollution: Lagos shuts 22 churches, mosques, club, others

In line with its ongoing war on noise and environmental pollution, Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) yesterday shut 22 religious houses, pharmaceutical companies and others. This was as the government…