Penguin Speakers Bureau
Biography
Ed Husain was an Islamic fundamentalist for five years in his late teens and early twenties. After rejecting extremism, he has since travelled widely in the Middle East and has worked for the British Council in Syria and Saudi Arabia to address the issue. He is a co-founder of the Quillium Foundatio …
Read moreEd Husain was an Islamic fundamentalist for five years in his late teens and early twenties. After rejecting extremism, he has since travelled widely in the Middle East and has worked for the British Council in Syria and Saudi Arabia to address the issue. He is a co-founder of the Quillium Foundation, Britain’s first Muslim counter-extremism think-tank. Husain’s book, The Islamist: Why I Became an Islamic Fundamentalist, What I Saw Inside, and Why I Left, was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize and the PEN/Ackerley Prize, among others. He lives in London with his wife and daughter.
Speaking Topics
- The Islamist: Why I Became an Islamic Fundamentalist, What I Saw Inside, and Why I Left
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The Islamist
“All who glibly generalise about the no-man’s-land between terrorism and multi-culturalism should read this articulate and impassioned book. It is a plea not only for tolerance, but also for recognising that freedom requires guardianship.” —The Sunday Times 
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