Ziauddin Sardar on the Quilliam Foundation for ex-jihadis


	Ziauddin Sardar on the Quilliam Foundation for ex-jihadis

enbar

4-29-2008 11:27 PM

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enbar says:

Sardar, whose writing I am only a little bit familiar with, is highly critical of any "lionizing" of former members of Islamic extremist groups, since it implicitly devalues the commitment to peace and pluralism exhibited by most "ordinary" Muslims.

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<H1>To lionise former extremists feeds anti-Muslim prejudice</H1>
<P id="stand-first">It is a mistake to fete these repentant members of Islamist cults. They are part of the problem, not the solution</p> </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/apr/24/islam.religion"><UL class="article-attributes no-pic">
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			                        <A name="&lid={articleBody}{Ziauddin Sardar}&lpos={articleBody}{1}" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/ziauddinsardar">Ziauddin Sardar</A>, writer and broadcaster
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		  <A name="&lid={articleBody}{The Guardian}&lpos={articleBody}{2}" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian">The Guardian</A>,
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		<LI class="date">Thursday April 24 2008</LI>
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