Nawaz is a former member of the radical Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir. This association led to his arrest in Egypt in December 2001, where he remained imprisoned until 2006. Reading books on human rights and interacting with Amnesty International, which adopted him as a prisoner of conscience, resulted in a change of heart. This led Nawaz to leave Hizb-ut-Tahrir in 2007, renounce his Islamist past and call for a “Secular Islam.” Now he is a British activist, author, columnist and politician. He was the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for London’s Hampstead and Kilburn constituency in the 2015 General Election. He is also the co-founder and chairman of Quilliam, a counter-extremism think tank that seeks to challenge the narratives of Islamist extremists. Maajid Nawaz argues that we too often treat radical Islam with kid gloves. While our good intentions make us sensitive to the Muslim faith, and keep us from labeling its violent members as radical practitioners, it does society a disservice. In the following video he explains how the west, especially the liberal media treat the problem of radical Islam within the wider religion as though it does not exist. Watch carefully, as this is a man that went through all the stages and knows what he is talking about.  

Source: BigThink site

http://bigthink.com/videos/maajid-nawaz-on-the-voldemort-effect