63 Quotes by Deeyah Khan

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

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

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

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

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

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.

For many young men, joining in a radical movement is a way of feeling powerful, which is particularly intoxicating for men who feel their masculinity has been called into question, whether through victimisation or a failure to achieve the status that they feel they are entitled to.

I know some women's rights activists have seen so much abuse that they can't stand men, but I have a sense of empathy with the men. Without excusing the abuse they are capable of, many of them are trapped within these communities and bound by expectations they didn't necessarily ask for.

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.