Posted on 04/29/2011 12:15:18 PM PDT by OddLane
On April 28, 2011 ( at 6:30PM) “9/11, Today and Tomorrow” Speakers Series at the 9/11 Memorial Preview Site invited Maajid Nawaz,
n ex-member of an Islamist extremist group to detail his personal experience with the Islamic radicalization process and to explain how he works to confront it.
This presentation in the speakers series was called, ” The Front Lines of Counter Terrorism: Confronting Islamist Extremist Propaganda “.
Maajid Nawaz is a former a high-ranking member of the Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir and spent four years in an Egyptian prison for his affiliation with the group. He emerged to help establish the Quillium Foundation, the world’s first counter-extremism think tank, where he serves as executive director.
He is also the founder of Khudi, a counter-extremism social movement working to promote a democratic culture in Pakistan.
There are some who feel that Nawaz is NOT what he appears to be.
(Excerpt) Read more at thesilentmajority.wordpress.com ...
Normally you hear about people going to Pakistan or such to get indoctrinated into the jihadist club, but what’s strange is that the jihadis sought him out and got him to join up when he went to study in London.
Simple fact, active Islamic terrorist recruiting is occurring in the Western world.
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