In an open society, no idea can be above scrutiny, just as no people should be beneath dignity.

I was born and raised in Essex, just outside London, to a financially comfortable, well-educated Pakistani family.

In current times, our moral uproar is best reserved for those who aspire to stone men or women to death, not those who consensually watch women - or men, for that matter - dance.

Unity in faith is theocracy; unity in politics is fascism.

As people's opportunities to succumb to confirmation bias increases online - only seeking out information that confirms their prejudices - ignorance, extremism and close-mindedness have continued to rise unabated.