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One to One: Razia Iqbal talks to Hanif Qadir

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Razia Iqbal talks to Hanif Qadir

07/08/2012

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Razia Iqbal talks to Hanif Qadir who helps Muslim children in danger of being radicalised.

Razia Iqbal talks to Hanif Qadir about why he decided to reject fighting in Afghanistan for the Taliban, and chose to help young people in the UK in danger of becoming radicalised.

Razia Iqbal takes the One to One chair for the next three weeks to try to discover what it means to be a Muslim in Europe in the 21st century. She talks to three people, in three countries, about their identity as Muslims where they live against a context of prejudice and misunderstandings about their faith. 
This week she talks to Hanif Qadir who decided to reject fighting in Afghanistan on the side of the Taliban and chose to help young people in the UK who were in danger of becoming radicalised. In Walthamstow, East London, he set up the Active Change Foundation to encourage young people to a positive future. He explains to Razia about what motivated him to become involved with the Taliban and why he ultimately chose to turn his back on them. 
Razia says, 'There are fifteen million Muslims in Europe. The continent looks completely different now compared to how it looked two decades ago. I want to talk to people for whom navigating that change is almost a daily challenge'
Producer Lucy Lunt.

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