They wrote, “We now call on those on both sides of this argument to return to moderate debate, free of insult and threat and we do so because we believe this is in the interests of our Party, of the wider Muslim community in Britain and of the principles of peace to which Islam is committed.”. Summary. Married father-of-one Maajid Nawaz asked for two private sessions at a strip club in east London. One petitioning Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg to "Remove Maajid Nawaz as PPC for Hampstead & Kilburn" has drawn over 21,000 signatures, while the counter-petition "Give full support to LibDem PPC Maajid Nawaz and take disciplinary action against party member Mohammed Shafiq" has garnered over 7,000 signatures. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. – A supposedly then deradicalised Maajid Nawaz, Al Quds Day, London 2006. There is no city, whether it be Sydney or Los Angeles or London, where you can safely cartoon about the Prophet Mohammed. He commented on a picture, saying nothing more than he wasn’t offended by it! All Maajid Nawaz said was that the cartoons didn't threaten his faith. A former Islamic extremist, he spent five years in an Egyptian prison for trying to topple the Mubarak government and establish a caliphate. In recent years Nawaz has become highly critical of the hard left and has called for a national inquiry into Muslim grooming gangs. Liberal Democrat Parliamentary candidate Maajid Nawaz has received death threats after tweeting a cartoon. By 24 January, a petition to the Liberal Democrat leader Nick Cleggdemanding that … By Amjad Khan The well-known British political commentator Douglas Murray once observed that sections of the political left, known as the regressive left, have a supply and demand problem with bigotry. There have been calls from Ramadhan Foundation's Mohammed Shafiq, Muslim commentator Mo Ansar, and Bradford Respect MP George Galloway for the Liberal Democrats to drop Nawaz as a parliamentary candidate. My intention was to demonstrate that Muslims are able to see things we don't like, yet remain calm and pluralist, and to demonstrate that there are Muslims who care more about the thousands of deaths in Iraq, Pakistan and Syria than we do about what a student is wearing. "But I recognise too that there are also Muslims, including devout ones, who take a different view.". Footage shows him attempting to touch her arms and thighs, which is against the venue's policy. It also raises questions about how political parties engage with Muslim voters. Following the beheading of a teacher in Paris by an Islamic extremist, Maajid Nawaz branded the actions 'incredibly stupid' and called on Muslims across the globe to condemn the attack. Following the beheading of a teacher in Paris by an Islamic extremist, You may be familiar with Maajid Nawaz from his weekend slot on LBC Radio or regular appearances on Sky's The Pledge. What invited such a firestorm? ... A few years ago, you faced death threats after tweeting a cartoon of Muhammad and Jesus. When Maajid Nawaz was 15, he was targeted by racist thugs. Some Muslims, having just argued for their own right to veil, took issue with the students. ", The row blew up after Nawaz took part in a BBC debate where two students were wearing t-shirts depicting a stick figures of stick figure of Jesus saying "Hi" to a stick figure called Mo, who replied: "How you doin'?". The Muslim candidate for the UK Parliament tweeted an utterly innocuous cartoon of Jesus and Mohammad. British Lib Dem parliamentary candidate Maajid Nawaz caused an uproar on Twitter after sharing a cartoon of Jesus and Muhammad greeting each other, along with the caption, "This is not offensive and I’m sure God is greater than to feel threatened by it." Shafiq, who is chief executive of the Ramadhan Foundation, later said on Twitter that he continues to think Nawaz's position as a parliamentary candidate is untenable and strongly objects to his tweeting of the cartoon. No! Maajid Nawaz Yesterday at 8:26 AM As the Charlie Hebdo magazine attack trial begins in Paris, remember ... that 12 innocent people were murdered by jihadists, over cartoons. Well so do I, writes Roshan Muhammed Salih. Mohammed Shafiq is a fellow Lib Dem Party member and the Chief Executive of the Ramadhan Foundation. What happened next? Maajid Nawaz, a native Briton of Pakistani background, tells a compelling personal story of his odyssey from extremist Islam to enlightenment. 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