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HARDtalk: Ed Husain

30/05/2018 GMT

Ed Husain

BBC News - HARDtalk, Ed Husain

Zeinab Badawi speaks to the British writer and former radical Islamist, Ed Husain.

Author Ed Husain is calling on moderate Muslims to reclaim their religion from the extremists. But is he oversimplifying a complex issue and playing into the hands of Islamaphobes?

HARDtalk's Zeinab Badawi speaks to the British writer and commentator Ed Husain, who believes the gulf between Islam and the West is widening and that westerners see the religion as something to be feared rather than understood. He spent several years as a radical Islamist and then turned his back on jihadism and has written about his own personal journey as well as trying to explain why people join extremist groups. Now he is calling on moderate Muslims to reclaim their religion from the extremists. But is he oversimplifying a complex issue and playing into the hands of Islamaphobes?

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