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On Being with Krista Tippett
The book details Ed Husain's journey from being seduced by revolutionary Islamist ideals at age 16 to his later rejection of radicalism after witnessing violence and the actions of loved ones who became suicide bombers. It also discusses his subsequent exploration of Islamic spirituality and his perspective on moving forward.
I'd love to send you some of the programs we've done with Muslims, including people like Ingrid Mats and who's the...
— Episode: [Unedited] Ed Husain with Krista Tippett
Episode: [Unedited] Ed Husain with Krista Tippett
The book details Ed Husain's journey from being seduced by revolutionary Islamist ideals at age 16 to his later rejection of radicalism after witnessing violence and the actions of loved ones who became suicide bombers. It also discusses his subsequent exploration of Islamic spirituality and his perspective on moving forward.
I'd love to send you some of the programs we've done with Muslims, including people like Ingrid Mats and who's the...
I'm very interested in exploring religion from the inside as opposed to hearing from pundits and people who analyze religion from the outside.
I think your story, as I heard you speaking when I was there and as I've read your book, is absolutely suited to what we do.
So it's I'm looking at what's happened in London from a guy that he's by no means from a poor background. I'm not so I hear he's assistant, he's a pediatrician by profession.
I've been steeped in this for the last few days, so I have a sense of that.
Episode: Ed Husain — Reflections of a Former Islamist Extre...
It is a 2007 memoir detailing the author's journey into and out of Islamic fundamentalism, sparking debate in Great Britain. The book described his progressive radicalization, his involvement with activist groups, and his eventual disillusionment with extremist views.
He's Lomest. Why I became an Islamic fundamentalist? What I saw inside and why I left?
At his saying's book, The Islamist took that country by storm after it was published in 2007.
This is explored in his memoir, He's Lomest. Why I became an Islamic fundamentalist? What I saw inside and why I left?
In his Lomic scholarship and spiritual practices, he discovered an antidote to what he calls political Islamism that exploits Islam's adherence but is remote from Islam's teachings.
When the Muslims of Indonesia, India, China, Persia and Africa embraced Islam, they did not disavow their own native cultures.
Episode: [Unedited] Ed Husain with Krista Tippett
The book details Ed Husain's journey from being seduced by Islamist ideals at age 16 to his later rejection of radicalism after witnessing violence and the actions of loved ones. It offers his perspective on how to move forward.
I'd love to send you some of the programs we've done with Muslims, including people like Ingrid Mats and who's the...
But I want to ask you, you know, what is changed? What is ratcheted up when religion in general and his mom in particular radicalized Islam is in that mix.
I'm not suggesting for an instance that everybody who reads his book becomes a terrorist but those who read his book and then impart those ideas to those so then attend meetings up and down Britain and you know Europe and Middle East and so on.
So it's actually a much much powerful sorry you have but it's quite powerful.
And my senses that although you were deeply involved and more and more involved and eventually completely strange from your family because of this it was when you came very, very close to terror.
Episode: Ed Husain — Reflections of a Former Islamist Extre...
It was Ed Husain's 2007 memoir, detailing his journey from being an Islamist extremist to leaving the movement. The book sparked significant debate and soul-searching across Great Britain upon its release.
At his saying's book, The Islamist took that country by storm after it was published in 2007.
This is explored in his memoir, He's Lomest. Why I became an Islamic fundamentalist? What I saw inside and why I left?
In his Lomic scholarship and spiritual practices, he discovered an antidote to what he calls political Islamism that exploits Islam's adherence but is remote from Islam's teachings.
His book is The Islamist, why I became an Islamic fundamentalist what I saw inside and why I left.