In prison, surrounded by several prominent jihadist leaders, Maajid Nawaz realized he wanted to take a different path. He was reading George Orwells Animal Farm and came to a new understanding of what happens when somebody tries to create a utopia. I began to join the dots and think, My god, if these guys that Im here with ever came to power, they would be the Islamist equivalent of Animal Farm, Nawaz says. He says he began to see that its impossible to create a utopia. buff.ly/159tRxc
Posted on: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 17:04:02 +0000