63 Quotes by Deeyah Khan

Muslim women can save the world from ISIS.

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.'

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.

The thing is, what most people don't understand is that there are so many of us growing up in Europe who are not free to be ourselves. We're not allowed to be who we are. We are not free to marry or to be in relationships with people that we choose. We can't even pick our own career. This is the norm in the Muslim heartlands of Europe.

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

While religious fundamentalism is treated as a serious social problem because it has the potential to lead to rare but devastating acts of terrorism against the public, with a variety of programmes and interventions to address it, everyday violence against women occurring in the name of fundamentalism has long been neglected.

The state has a duty to protect all its citizens.

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

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