Radical: My Journey out of Islamist Extremism

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Published June 21, 2013

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978-0-7627-9136-1
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Radical: My Journey out of Islamist Extremism is a 2012 memoir by the British activist and former Islamist Maajid Nawaz. First published in the UK, the book describes Nawaz's journey "from Muslim extremist to taking tea at Number 10". The US edition contains a preface for US readers and a new, updated epilogue.Radical was described by The Daily Telegraph as a "horrifying reflection on modern Britain". It was entered for the 2013 Orwell Prize for political writing of outstanding quality.The book has been translated into Portuguese, and published by Texto Publishers. In 2015, the author announced on Twitter that the book was being translated into Arabic.

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"You can't kill an idea. An idea is bulletproof." This is the main point going through the memoir of Maajid Nawaz. Whether it is the idea of radical Islamism or the idea that Islamism is not true Islam, ideas are what drives Nawaz. An interesting read, though I would have liked more from the inside of Islamism. Also worth thinking if things had gone differently what his path would have been like. An interesting book overall.

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