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Deeyah Khan
Deeyah Khan
Norwegian Director
Born: Aug 7, 1977
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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. Deeyah Khan
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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. Deeyah Khan
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Old, deeply engrained systems take time to change, but we can't leave it to time. Deeyah Khan
Time Change Old Systems Take Leave Deeply
The problem with Muslim women is less that we cannot speak the language, but that no one listens to us. Deeyah Khan
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People at risk of 'honour'-based violence require long-term support, often years past the closure of a case, for continuing culturally-sensitive psychological support and the development of long-term protection plans. Deeyah Khan
People Protection Past Case Risk Support Development Long-Term Continuing Years Often Closure Psychological Require Plans Violence
The proportion of women attracted to the Islamic State is likely to be less than that in other militant organisations, such as the Tamil Tigers, the PKK, and the IRA. Undoubtedly, their roles within the Islamic State are much more confined by the rigid gender divisions under their ultraconservative rulings. Deeyah Khan
Women Gender Other State Rigid More Proportion Divisions Attracted Likely Islamic Tigers Within IRA Undoubtedly Than Roles Confined Much Organisations Less Militant
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. Deeyah Khan
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As someone who grew up between two cultures, I have been fascinated with the question of why men and women with similar backgrounds to mine were drawn towards radical messages of hate and violence. Deeyah Khan
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Extremism is a complicated issue, but without addressing how it appeals to men and boys, we may be missing an important motivation and a way to address the problems in our towns and cities. Deeyah Khan
Complicated Problems Men Important Our Address Addressing Way Extremism Cities Missing Towns Without Boy How Issue Motivation May Appeals
I have watched the spread of violent extremism and jihadism across Europe and the U.K. with dismay, particularly given my history of experiencing threats, abuse, and harassment by Muslim fanatics. Deeyah Khan
History Extremism Muslim Threats Given Abuse Particularly Spread Experiencing Fanatics Dismay Across Harassment Europe Watched Violent
We must defend democracy using its own mechanisms, through explaining and exemplifying its merits rather than through the heavy-handed and arbitrary silencing of its critics. This is how we will build a sustainable alternative to the contorted worldview of extremists. Deeyah Khan
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The self-proclaimed Islamic State cannot tolerate diversity, which is why we must celebrate it. Deeyah Khan
Celebrate Diversity State Must Islamic Cannot Which Tolerate Why
Extremist movements are driven by their inability to tolerate the basic human fact of pluralism. They refuse to accept the natural cultural and religious diversity of our world, seeking to impose their own beliefs and behaviours as a universal pattern for humanity. Deeyah Khan
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The Islamic State does not want us to open our doors to their refugees. It wants them to be hopeless and desperate. It does not want us to enjoy ourselves with our families and friends in bars and concert halls, stadiums and restaurants. It wants us to huddle in our houses, within our own social groups, and close our doors in fear. Deeyah Khan
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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. Deeyah Khan
People Welfare Political Insecurity Increasing Everyday Everyday Lives Security Economic Access Inevitably Lack Workplace Lives
Attacking racism and discrimination is a very important way to work against radicalisation. Deeyah Khan
Work Racism Important Way Attacking Very Discrimination Against
We need a broader perspective on what counter-radicalisation means. Deeyah Khan
Perspective Broader Means Need
Freedom of expression is essential for feminists and dissidents in the Muslim world. Deeyah Khan
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As a girl, I abandoned a promising singing career due to violent harassment by Islamists. Deeyah Khan
Girl Singing Abandoned Promising Islamists Due Harassment Career Violent
Our freedoms are shared freedoms: they are bound up in each other. The ability to confront oppression in the guise of religion is linked to our ability to worship as we choose: both are acts of expression. Deeyah Khan
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I come from a Muslim family. The label 'Muslim' is one aspect of me, but it's not the only part of me. Deeyah Khan
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Music, performance, and a woman is very rarely accepted within Muslim communities. Deeyah Khan
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Living through the intersections of cultural diversity has given me an intimate understanding of the dynamics of living between the dimensions of East and West, traditional and modern, and political and spiritual. Deeyah Khan
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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. Deeyah Khan
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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. Deeyah Khan
Life Family Control Community Way Pressures Parental Seems Within Provide Expectations Break Scripted Flee
Having more than one legal system running is not a sign of a healthy or inclusive society. It is just one less thing that people have in common. Deeyah Khan
Legal People Healthy Inclusive Society Sign System Running Having More Than Legal System Just Common Just One Less Thing
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