The only way we can challenge Islamism is to engage with one another. We need to make it as abhorrent as racism has become today. Only then will we stem the tide of angry young Muslims who turn to hate.
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.
Ironically, xenophobic nationalists are utilizing the benefits of globalization.
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.
