Muslim women can save the world from ISIS.

Censorship in all its forms must be challenged.

Speech, not violence, is how we will bridge the divides between us.

We need a broader perspective on what counter-radicalisation means.

People do the most remarkable things in the most difficult of circumstances.

Old, deeply engrained systems take time to change, but we can't leave it to time.

Music, performance, and a woman is very rarely accepted within Muslim communities.

Freedom of expression is essential for feminists and dissidents in the Muslim world.

As a girl, I abandoned a promising singing career due to violent harassment by Islamists.

Attacking racism and discrimination is a very important way to work against radicalisation.

'Honour'-based violence is a form of domestic violence. Domestic violence is a broad category.

We ignore the similarities between the religious extremism and ethno-nationalism at our peril.

The self-proclaimed Islamic State cannot tolerate diversity, which is why we must celebrate it.

I come from a Muslim family. The label 'Muslim' is one aspect of me, but it's not the only part of me.

The problem with Muslim women is less that we cannot speak the language, but that no one listens to us.

The Trump phenomenon shows us how much fear of Muslims there is out there and how easily it can be exploited.

I'm a woman of colour. I am the daughter of immigrants. I am a Muslim. I am a feminist. I am a lefty liberal.

Like Theresa May, I regularly find myself infuriated by the rantings of Anjem Choudary and other hate preachers.

Self-expression should not be a challenge that demands extraordinary talent but should be a right accessible to all.

If our values are worth anything, we should stand up for them and live by them, both within Britain and across the world.

There is no psychiatric pattern which can predict who becomes an extremist - but they are all frustrated with their reality.

We cannot leave vulnerable young men open to the exploitation of extremists, both for our own security and their own wellbeing.

Britain has supported theocrats and dictators as long as it served British business interests, whether under Tory or Labour rule.

If we value human rights, they should be at the core of the project against violent extremism, and women a key part of our imagined future.

Having more than one legal system running is not a sign of a healthy or inclusive society. It is just one less thing that people have in common.

Some women facing 'honour' crimes require relocation far outside the reaches of their extended families and changes of identity to escape detection.

Women's empowerment, whether through legal, financial, or cultural routes, will tend to increase their agency and their ability to take part in activism.

Freedom of speech is a human right and the foundation upon which democracy is built. Any restriction of freedom of speech is a restriction upon democracy.

Ability to speak the majority language is not just important for inclusion; it is important for minorities to be able to claim their rights and entitlements.

Political and economic insecurity inevitably translates into insecurity in people's everyday lives, from lack of access to welfare to the increasing lack of security in the workplace.

Within a life that seems uncomfortably scripted by family and community pressures, hyper-religiosity can provide a way to break with parental expectations and flee from parental control.

Extremism is a complicated issue, but without addressing how it appeals to men and boys, we may be missing an important motivation and a way to address the problems in our towns and cities.

Many Muslim parents are authoritarian, which leaves young men and women with limited spaces to express themselves. Self-expression and autonomy are regarded as symptoms of 'Westernisation.'

Our media provides a continuing message that for men, heroism is defined through association with control, independence, and the ability to commit violence, from superheroes to crime dramas.

I have watched the spread of violent extremism and jihadism across Europe and the U.K. with dismay, particularly given my history of experiencing threats, abuse, and harassment by Muslim fanatics.

As someone who grew up between two cultures, I have been fascinated with the question of why men and women with similar backgrounds to mine were drawn towards radical messages of hate and violence.

Our freedoms are shared freedoms: they are bound up in each other. The ability to confront oppression in the guise of religion is linked to our ability to worship as we choose: both are acts of expression.

Our society constantly promotes role models for masculinity, from superheroes to politicians, where the concept of being a 'man' is based in their ability to be tough, dominant - and even violent when required.

Living through the intersections of cultural diversity has given me an intimate understanding of the dynamics of living between the dimensions of East and West, traditional and modern, and political and spiritual.

Women with education, skills, and independent sources of income are more able to withstand the pressures of the patriarchal family and more able to express their opinions and to move freely within their communities.

People at risk of 'honour'-based violence require long-term support, often years past the closure of a case, for continuing culturally-sensitive psychological support and the development of long-term protection plans.

Jihadis want to watch the world burn, to bring everything crashing down, to destroy the establishment and rebuild it after their own pitiless vision. This misguided utopianism is what makes them such effective bogeymen.

A hedonistic lifestyle contrary to all the rules and expectations of Islam is not an unusual precursor to radicalisation: in fact, some young radicals see joining in the jihad as a way of achieving redemption for past sins.

Some Muslim children, both male and female, have little choice in who to marry, what to study, what their careers will be, and who they can socialise with. Their lives are constrained under the expectations of family 'honour.'

Left to the mercies of their communities, Muslim women and children remain in abusive households and face losing their financial security over issues like child maintenance and inheritance through the judgments of 'sharia' courts.

We need more courageous individuals who will defy the structures of power, whether political, economic, or intimate, but we also need it to be safe for people to feel their power and to be able to express their ideas and imagine without fear.

I'm just trying to stretch the public space wider and make it more open so that a wider variety of people and faces and stories and perspectives and also expertise can come through. So everything that I do rests on that, trying to support on other voices.

No one is born a terrorist, but the route to become one is surprisingly easy. We need to listen to those who have been there, and those who have made their way back, if we want to stop others from taking their first steps down this same path into darkness.

Extremist movements are driven by their inability to tolerate the basic human fact of pluralism. They refuse to accept the natural cultural and religious diversity of our world, seeking to impose their own beliefs and behaviours as a universal pattern for humanity.

We must defend democracy using its own mechanisms, through explaining and exemplifying its merits rather than through the heavy-handed and arbitrary silencing of its critics. This is how we will build a sustainable alternative to the contorted worldview of extremists.

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