Sunday, April 12, 2015

Nawaz’s advocacy for women’s rights was only “in the context of Islamic extremism”

"An aspiring British Member of Parliament and head of the self-styled anti-extremism foundation Quilliam has been caught up in a scandal with a naked lap dancer, UK media reported on Friday.
Maajid Nawaz, a member of the Liberal Democrat party, and a regular commentator on Muslim affairs and relations as well as extremism in the UK, was caught on CCTV trying to touch a dancer during a private lap dance....
Nawaz, who has been married for nine months and has previously described himself as a “feminist”...
A spokesperson for Nawaz ...added that Nawaz’s advocacy for women’s rights was only “in the context of Islamic extremism”."