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LibLink: Maajid Nawaaz: Why I am speaking up for Islam against the loudmouths who have hijacked it

Liberal Democrat candidate for Hampstead and Kilburn Maajid Nawaaz has written for the Guardian about his controversial decision to tweet a cartoon featuring Jesus and Mohammed, explaining why he’d done it:

My intention was not to speak for any Muslim but myself – rather, it was to defend my religion from those who have hijacked it just because they shout the loudest. My intention was to carve out a space to be heard without constantly fearing the blasphemy charge, on pain of death. I did it for Salmaan Taseer, the governor of Punjab who was assassinated by his bodyguard for

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