Next in Q

David Toube discusses the tricky question of the interface between private religious conservatism and secularism with Andrew Copson of Humanists UK. Religiously mandated slaughter methods and circumcision are two such crux points. Join our civil society movement against extremism https://www.quilliaminternational.com/circle

Quilliam's Director of Policy, David Toube speaks to Andrew Copson of Humanists UK about the meaning of Humanism, and how religious communities can benefit from a secular society. Join our civil society movement against extremism https://www.quilliaminternational.com/circle

Episode 10 of our Next in Q Podcast Series with your host Quilliam's US Executive Director, Dr Muhammad Fraser-Rahim who continues his conversation with Tania Joya, former Islamist. When ISIS declared a Caliphate, Tania's (former) husband moved her and the children to the Middle East, and eventually Syria. Now a secular humanist, She describes the journey, and her escape.

Episode 9 of our Next in Q Podcast Series with your host Quilliam's US Executive Director, Dr Muhammad Fraser-Rahim in conversation with Tania Joya, former Islamist discussing growing up in East London, immersed in its Islamist subculture. When ISIS declared a Caliphate, why travelling to join it seemed the natural next step for her. Join our civil society movement against extremism https://www.quilliaminternational.com/circle

To mark the first anniversary of Sara Khan's tenure as the Counter Extremism commissioner, Next in Q's David Toube continues his discussion with her, in this second part, about the challenges of her role in tackling extremism. Join our civil society movement against extremism https://www.quilliaminternational.com/circle

To mark the first anniversary of Sara Khan's tenure as the Counter Extremism commissioner, Next in Q speaks to David Toube about the experiences of extremism that led her to take on this important role.

Quilliam International's Director of Policy, David Toube speaks to Macer Gifford, Human rights activist & anti-ISIS campaigner. He fought in Raqqa with the MFS (Syriac Military Council) and served for 3 years in the YPG. Support our civil society movement against extremism by joining Quilliam Circle www.quilliaminternational.com/circle

Quilliam International's Director of Policy, David Toube speaks to Macer Gifford, Human rights activist & anti-ISIS campaigner. He fought in Raqqa with the MFS (Syriac Military Council) and served for 3 years in the YPG. "All of a sudden as the years went past, I was struck by international events - what was happening in the Middle East and the rise of the Islamic State, the fall of Mosul. Suddenly the girls (were in) cages, the Yazidis were trapped on Sinjar mountain and it came almost in a flood and hit me. I started to remember what drove me in university, what drove me in the past and I had a real desire to go out and do something." Support our civil society movement against extremism by joining Quilliam Circle www.quilliaminternational.com/circle

Tune in to the new Quilliam International podcast with your host David Toube in conversation with Aimen Dean. “So… there was a choice between either the British, the Americans or the French. As far as the Americans were concerned… my defection took place around December 1998, and in August 1998, I was just lucky to escape with my life from a cruise missile attack by the Americans against the camps… So I thought basically that it would be extremely difficult to work with people who just a few months ago pressed the button, trying to kill me. So I thought, ‘forget the Americans’. As far as the French were concerned, basically, it meant that I would have to learn another language – a language I don’t like the sound of at all…not to mention that the French are rude, and aloof and arrogant…” Support our civil society movement against extremism by joining Quilliam Circle www.quilliaminternational.com/circle

Tune in to the new Quilliam International podcast 'Next in Q' with your host David Toube in conversation with Aimen Dean. "Eight years undercover do really take their toll on you. I became diabetic during that time. The stress of a double life is too much. You are constantly on the move, monitoring cells, infiltrating organisations that want to do harm to others. So you do not have a normal life whatsoever. So I remember, when my identity was compromised in 2006, in the beginning I was angry and I thought it was a terrible calamity, a few months later I realised what a relief it was. Because I finally started to feel at ease - that I do not have to look over my shoulder all the time..."

"I will never ever regret fighting against Communism and to put an end to that evil ideology. Because I don't think that there's any difference between Communism and ISIS and Al Qaeda. One of them is based on a secular understanding of the world, and one of them is based on a religious understanding of the world. But both of them managed to bring huge misery to humanity."

Tune in to Quilliam Internationals podcast with your host Muhammad-Fraser-Rahim to hear more from: 'The Man Who Knew Bin Laden'. Think you know the real Bin Laden? This man does. Noman Benotman came from a wealthy Libyan family.  As a child, he spent his holidays in Britain. Radicalised by the idealistic Islamist politics sweeping the Middle East in the 1980s, he found himself camping with Bin Laden in Afghanistan . As a trusted confidante, he discussed and debated politics and theology with the Al Qaida leader. In his own words he describes the man behind the monster, and his own journey out of extremism.