Maajid Nawaz Quotes

We need to understand that an open society and free speech and press... really are the best weapons against al Qaeda and extremism.

We don't allow praise or support of terror groups and terror acts.

All terror groups are bad, and we shall fight them all.

The fight against terrorism is not a confrontation against any religion.

[ Jihadists] are going to be against you sooner or later.

The Ahmadinejads of the world, the bin Ladens of the world, will not change their ways, regardless of how hard we try to explain to them that peace begins with them.

Religious liberty doesn't include encouraging a fellow American to engage in violent jihad and kill an American here. That is not protected free speech. That is not protected religious belief.

Unfortunately, this is a free society, and we're gonna have people with trucks, and people with bombs.

We are not at war against Islam.

I'm not frightened about terrorism. I'm frightened about the roots of what we call terrorism.

Well if done a lot of hard work to try and get people to act rationally, the fact that weve had 15 deviant Muslims, plus 5 or 8 others that got away does not mean that all Muslims are deviant or extremists.

Terrorism is a real despair. These are people for whom life has been so negative that they're willing to die if they can take down some of their enemies.

One of the lessons learned from 22 July is that we have to take seriously all those people who take part in debates on the Internet, expressing extreme views, and then meet them, discuss with them, bring them into the open. We have not used bans or used the laws to try to forbid parties or political tendencies which we don't like.

And the truth is, those who are terrorists only have to succeed once, and those of us who are trying to build an inclusive society have to succeed every time.

It is easy to believe in freedom of speech for those with whom we agree.

This fanaticism is what feeds terrorism. And this is precisely why Muslims must play an active role in opposing hate sermons and incitement to terrorism and extremism in their mosques.

We're never going to be able to get rid of terrorism, because there is always going to be evil in the world.

Terrorism tramples upon any rights and freedoms and generates fear and hatred; it is an obstacle to efforts at improving our world.

Some people are more terrorist than others.

Freedom rings where opinions clash.

No matter how many plots we uncover and disrupt, no matter how many terrorist organizations we degrade or destroy, another individual or group will rise to take their place.

Terrorism has no nationality or religion.

If you're a terrorist, you're a terrorist.

You're always going to have terrorism.

I don't think Osama is a Muslim. I don't think Osama is a human being.