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| − | '''Maajid Nawaz''' is a British activist. | + | '''Maajid Nawaz''' is a British activist and journalist. He co-founded the [[Quilliam Foundation]]. He In January 2022 he was fired from [[LBC]] for his tweets allegedly "spreading dangerous [[conspiracy theories]]".<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10379307/Presenter-Maajid-Nawaz-accused-tweeting-deranged-rubbish-vaccines-leaves-LBC.html</ref> [[Labour]] MP [[Chris Bryant]] celebrated on Twitter.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq8m6rnc0j4</ref> |
| − | == | + | == Background == |
| − | + | Maajid Nawaaz was exposed to violent [[racism]] when he was young. This inspired him to join a Muslim group. | |
| + | In [[Egypt]] he was arrested and threatened with [[torture]]. During his subsequent imprisonment he was exposed to a wider variety of opinions and changed his views. He reports that he was touched by the concern for him evidenced by [[Amnesty International]]. | ||
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| + | ==Opinions == | ||
| + | Nawaaz renounced violence and became an activist. | ||
| − | ==COVID== | + | === COVID-19 === |
| + | Maajid Nawaaz took two [[COVID-19 vaccines]], but announced himself a "[[conscientious objector]]" of the "[[COVID-19 vaccine mandate]]" and refused to take any more injections. He is critical of [[Big Pharma]], and attacked by ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/jan/31/lbcs-maajid-nawazs-fascination-with-conspiracies-raises-alarm</ref> | ||
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| − | |text= | + | |text=Up to 700,000 [[vaccine passports]] have been affected by [[NHS]] blunders, locking many people out of foreign travel, after the wrong data was recorded by health officials |
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| + | In February 2022, he was interviewed by [[Joe Rogan]]. | ||
| + | === Islamism === | ||
| + | "Today, instead of supporting the cause of Quran-thumping diehards, he’s ingratiated himself in the growing union of neoconservatives and hawkish liberals who believe in Western exceptionalism and the efficacy of power, especially military power, to expand its influence and protect its interests. He has found in them an opportunity to expand his platform, and they, in him, a veneer that deflects accusations of [[Islamophobia]] and Western triumphalism by fixating not on Islam per se but on the alleged threat posed by its foreign “ism” affix: Islamism."<ref>https://newrepublic.com/article/128436/maajid-nawaz-really-believe</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:42, 22 February 2022
 Maajid Nawaaz           (author, activist, politician) | |
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| Born | Maajid Usman Nawaz 2 November 1977 Essex, England, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | SOAS, University of London, London School of Economics |
| Children | 1 |
| Spouse | Rabia Ahmed |
| Exposed | • central bank digital currencies • COVID-19/Purposes |
| Founder of | Quilliam Foundation |
| Interests | COVID-19/Resistance |
Maajid Nawaz is a British activist and journalist. He co-founded the Quilliam Foundation. He In January 2022 he was fired from LBC for his tweets allegedly "spreading dangerous conspiracy theories".[1] Labour MP Chris Bryant celebrated on Twitter.[2]
Background
Maajid Nawaaz was exposed to violent racism when he was young. This inspired him to join a Muslim group. In Egypt he was arrested and threatened with torture. During his subsequent imprisonment he was exposed to a wider variety of opinions and changed his views. He reports that he was touched by the concern for him evidenced by Amnesty International.
Opinions
Nawaaz renounced violence and became an activist.
COVID-19
Maajid Nawaaz took two COVID-19 vaccines, but announced himself a "conscientious objector" of the "COVID-19 vaccine mandate" and refused to take any more injections. He is critical of Big Pharma, and attacked by The Guardian.[3]
“Up to 700,000 vaccine passports have been affected by NHS blunders, locking many people out of foreign travel, after the wrong data was recorded by health officials
Imagine (if) this locked you out of DOMESTIC services?
#Resist”
Maajid Nawaaz (3 September 2021) [4]
In February 2022, he was interviewed by Joe Rogan.
Islamism
"Today, instead of supporting the cause of Quran-thumping diehards, he’s ingratiated himself in the growing union of neoconservatives and hawkish liberals who believe in Western exceptionalism and the efficacy of power, especially military power, to expand its influence and protect its interests. He has found in them an opportunity to expand his platform, and they, in him, a veneer that deflects accusations of Islamophobia and Western triumphalism by fixating not on Islam per se but on the alleged threat posed by its foreign “ism” affix: Islamism."[5]
References
- ↑ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10379307/Presenter-Maajid-Nawaz-accused-tweeting-deranged-rubbish-vaccines-leaves-LBC.html
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq8m6rnc0j4
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/jan/31/lbcs-maajid-nawazs-fascination-with-conspiracies-raises-alarm
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MaajidNawaz/status/1433830085304459271 Twitter
- ↑ https://newrepublic.com/article/128436/maajid-nawaz-really-believe
