Radical

This book is more powerful than America's drone attacks because it helps kill the ideas that inspire terrorists. Ultimately, it is by defeating the extremists' worldview that we will make our world safer. Maajid's compelling story from hatred to hope shows us how this can be done

Ed Husain, author of The Islamist

Maajid Nawaz was thirty years my junior when I first encountered him in the Torah Prison. His story saddened but inspired me. His innocence and idealism sharply contrasted with the corruption and despotism of his captors. Through Maajid my faith was renewed that a spring of freedom was bound to happen eventually, and so it did

Dr Saad El-Dine Ibrahim, Egyptian liberal reform pioneer and former political prisoner

This book is the account of a redemptive journey – through innocence, bigotry, hardline radicalism and beyond – to a passionate advocacy of human rights and all that this can mean ... I was moved beyond measure

Kate Allen, Director, Amnesty International UK

Imagine Homeland crossed with Skins, and you will get some idea of what a gripping, revelatory book this is. Unputdownable

Tom Holland

One of the most compelling descriptions of radical political immersion of recent times

Mail on Sunday

This is a book for our times. It should be read by anyone who wants to understand how the extremism that stalks our world is created and how it can be overcome. It could only be written by someone who has lived this story. And Maajid has

Tony Blair

A horrifying reflection on modern Britain

Telegraph

What a life, what a compelling storyteller. In parts you’ll need to remind yourself that what reads like an engrossing, fast-paced, action-packed thriller, a piece of fiction, is in fact a real-life account

The Indian Express

Please read Radical by the phenomenal Maajid Nawaz. It's a fantastic read! Nawaz is emerging as the most powerful voice in battling the ideas that inspire terrorists.

Joel Kinnaman