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True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives

True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives.

Outlook: 10/07/2012

10/07/2012

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The British Pakistani who spent his youth recruiting Muslims to an extremist cause.

The British Pakistani man who spent his youth recruiting Muslims to an extremist cause.

Extraordinary personal stories from around the world: today we hear the story of Maajid Nawaz, the British Pakistani who was recruited into political Islam as a teenager and ended up travelling the world setting up cells for an extremist Islamist group.  After being imprisoned in Egypt in 2002, Maajid was adopted by Amnesty International as a Prisoner of Conscience and he underwent a transformation - eventually renouncing political Islamism.  He's now a leading campaigner against extremism.  Also today we meet an American firefighter - known as a "smokejumper" - who tackles wildfires by parachuting towards the blaze.

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