Quotes from Deeyah Khan

Muslim women can save the world from ISIS.

Making people fear the expression of their own power is a very effective way of disempowering them. It is not just those who feel the frustration of being silenced: it also encompasses every person who has no idea of their own power to realise their visions because they have not seen this in action in their communities.

We need a broader perspective on what counter-radicalisation means.

The Trump phenomenon shows us how much fear of Muslims there is out there and how easily it can be exploited.

'Honour'-based violence is a form of domestic violence. Domestic violence is a broad category.

Our media provides a continuing message that for men, heroism is defined through association with control, independence, and the ability to commit violence, from superheroes to crime dramas.

The problem with Muslim women is less that we cannot speak the language, but that no one listens to us.

Old, deeply engrained systems take time to change, but we can't leave it to time.

Within a life that seems uncomfortably scripted by family and community pressures, hyper-religiosity can provide a way to break with parental expectations and flee from parental control.

Freedom of speech is a human right and the foundation upon which democracy is built. Any restriction of freedom of speech is a restriction upon democracy.

Attacking racism and discrimination is a very important way to work against radicalisation.

Speech, not violence, is how we will bridge the divides between us.

Self-expression should not be a challenge that demands extraordinary talent but should be a right accessible to all.

I'm just trying to stretch the public space wider and make it more open so that a wider variety of people and faces and stories and perspectives and also expertise can come through. So everything that I do rests on that, trying to support on other voices.

No one is born a terrorist, but the route to become one is surprisingly easy. We need to listen to those who have been there, and those who have made their way back, if we want to stop others from taking their first steps down this same path into darkness.

There is no psychiatric pattern which can predict who becomes an extremist - but they are all frustrated with their reality.

Censorship in all its forms must be challenged.

Women with education, skills, and independent sources of income are more able to withstand the pressures of the patriarchal family and more able to express their opinions and to move freely within their communities.

Left to the mercies of their communities, Muslim women and children remain in abusive households and face losing their financial security over issues like child maintenance and inheritance through the judgments of 'sharia' courts.

Like Theresa May, I regularly find myself infuriated by the rantings of Anjem Choudary and other hate preachers.

Music, performance, and a woman is very rarely accepted within Muslim communities.

Jihadis want to watch the world burn, to bring everything crashing down, to destroy the establishment and rebuild it after their own pitiless vision. This misguided utopianism is what makes them such effective bogeymen.

Political and economic insecurity inevitably translates into insecurity in people's everyday lives, from lack of access to welfare to the increasing lack of security in the workplace.

The self-proclaimed Islamic State cannot tolerate diversity, which is why we must celebrate it.