63 Quotes by Deeyah Khan

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Rather than shutting down free speech, we need to broaden it, to make it possible for young people to say even the things we dislike so we can talk them down. And we need politicians to articulate a picture of the future that includes all of us. Not British values but shared human values.

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.

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