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Aspen Ideas to Go Podcast: Radical: My Journey Out of Islamist Extremism

July 23, 2015  • Tricia Johnson, Guest Blogger

The “Aspen Ideas to Go” podcast is a weekly show featuring fascinating speakers who have presented at the Aspen Ideas Festival and other public programs offered by the Aspen Institute — including Aspen Words, the Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn Book Series, and various events around the country. For a curated listening experience subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or listen to each episode on the Aspen Ideas website

Maajid Nawaz shares his remarkable journey from Islamist extremism to liberal democratic values. 

Nawaz is the co-founder of Quilliam, a counter-extremism think tank based in London, and engages in counter-Islamist thought-generating, social-activism, writing, debating, and media appearances. He served four years in an Egyptian prisoner as an Amnesty International “prisoner of conscience” until he became de-radicalized and renounced his extremist views. 

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