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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today I stand before as a man\Nwho lives life to the full
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the here and now.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But for a long time,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I lived for death.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a young man who believed
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Jihad is to understood\Nin the language for force and violence.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tried to right wrongs\Nthrough power and aggression.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had deep concerns\Nfor the suffering of others
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a strong desire to help\Nand bring relief to them.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought violent Jihad was noble,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chivalrous
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the best way to help.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At a time when so many of our people --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,young people especially --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are at risk of radicalization,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through groups like Al-Qaeda,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Islamic State
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and others,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when these groups are claiming
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that their horrific brutality\Nand violence are true Jihad,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to say that their idea\Nof Jihad is wrong --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,completely wrong --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as was mine then.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jihad means to strive to one's utmost.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It includes exertion and spirituality,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,self-purification
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and devotion.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It refers to positive transformation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through learning, wisdom\Nand remembrance of God.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The word Jihad stands for all\Nthose meaning as a whole.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jihad may at times take\Nthe form of fighting,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but only sometimes,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under strict conditions,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within rules and limits.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Islam,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the benefit of an act must outweigh\Nthe harm or hardship it entails.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More importantly,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the verses in the Koran that are\Nconnected to Jihad on fighting,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do not cancel out the verses\Nthat talk about forgiveness,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,benevolence,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or patience.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now I believe that there are no\Ncircumstances on Earth
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where a violent Jihad is permissible,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it will lead to greater harm.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now the idea of Jihad\Nhas been hijacked.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has been perverted\Nto mean violent struggle
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wherever Muslims\Nare undergoing difficulties,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and turned into terrorism
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by fascistic Islamists like Al-Qaeda,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Islamic State
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and others.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I have come to understand
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that true Jihad means\Nstriving to the utmost,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to strengthen and live\Nthose qualities which God loves:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,honesty,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trust worthiness,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compassion,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,benevolence,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reliability,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,respect,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,truthfulness --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,human values that so many of us share.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was born in Bangladesh,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but grew up mostly in England.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I went to school here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father was an academic,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we were in the UK through his work.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1971 we were in Bangladesh\Nwhen everything changed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The War of Independence\Nimpacted upon us terribly,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pitting family against family;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,neighbor against neighbor.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at the age of 12 I experience war,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,destitution in my family,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the deaths of 22 of my\Nrelatives in horrible ways,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as the murder of my older brother.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I witnessed killing;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,animals feeding on corpses in the street;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,starvation all around me;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wanton, horrific violence --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,senseless violence.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a young man --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,teenager --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fascinated by ideas.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to learn,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I could not go to school\Nfor four years.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After the War of Independence,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my father was put in prison\Nfor two-and-a-half years,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I used to visit him\Nevery week in prison,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and homeschooled myself.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father was released in 1973
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he fled to England as a refugee,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we soon followed him.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was 17.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So these experiences gave me
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a sharp awareness of the atrocities\Nand injustices in the world.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I had a strong desire --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a very keen, deep desire --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to right wrongs
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and help the victims of oppression.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While studying at college in the UK,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I met others who showed me\Nhow I could channel that desire
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and help through my religion.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was radicalized --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enough to consider violence correct,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even a virtue under certain circumstances.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I became involved\Nin the Jihad in Afghanistan.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to protect the Muslim [av gone]\Npopulation against the Soviet army.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I thought that was Jihad:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my sacred duty,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which would be rewarded by God.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I became a preacher.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was one of the pioneers\Nof violent Jihad in the UK.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I recruited,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I raised funds,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I trained.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I confused true Jihad with this perversion\Nas presented by the fascist Islamists --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these people who use the idea of Jihad
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to justify their lust for power,\Nauthority and control on us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A perversion perpetuated today\Nby fascist Islamic groups
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like Al-Qaeda, Islamic State and others.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For a period of around 15 years,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I fought for short periods of time\Nin Kasmir and Burma,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,besides Afghanistan.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our aim was to remove the invaders;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bring relief to the oppressed victims,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and of course to establish\Nan Islamic State,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a [califate] for God's rule.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I did this openly.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't break any laws.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was proud and grateful to be British --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still am.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I bore no hostility\Nagainst this, my country,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nor enmity towards\Nthe non-Muslim citizens,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I still don't.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During one batter in Afghanistan,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some British men and I\Nformed a special bond
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a 15-year-old Afghani boy,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Abdullah.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An innocent, loving and lovable kid
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was always eager to please.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was poor.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And boys like him did\Nmenial tasks in the camp.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he seemed happy enough,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I couldn't help wonder,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his parents must have missed him dearly.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they must have dreamt\Nabout a better future for him.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A victim of circumstance\Ncaught up in a war,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cruelly thrust upon him
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the cruel circumstances of the time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day I picked up this unexploded\Nmortar shell in a trench,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had it deposited\Nin a makeshift mud hut lab.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I went out on a short,\Npointless skirmish --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,always pointless --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I came back a few hours later
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to discover he was dead.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had tried to recover\Nexplosives from that shell.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It exploded and he died a violent death,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,blown to bit by the very same device\Nthat had proved harmless to me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I started to question.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How did his death serve any purpose?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why did he die and I lived?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I carried on.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I fought in Kashmir.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also recruited from the Philipines,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bosnia and Chechnya.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the questions grew.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Later in Burma,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came across [Rohinga] fighters,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are barely teenagers,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,born and brought up in the jungle,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,carrying machine guns\Nand grenade launches.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I met two 13-year-olds with soft\Nmanners and gentle voices,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking at me they begged me\Nto take them away to England.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They simply wanted to go to school.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was their dream.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My family --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my children were the same age --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were living at home in the UK,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to school,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,living a safe life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I couldn't help wonder
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how much these young boys must\Nhave spoken to one another
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about their dreams for such a life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Victims of circumstances.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These two young boys,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sleeping rough on the ground,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking up at the stars,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cynically exploited by their leaders
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for their personal lust\Nfor glory and power.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I soon witnessed boys like them\Nkilling one another
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in conflicts between rival groups.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was the same everywhere:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Afghanistan, Kashmir, Burma,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Philipines, Chechnya;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,petty warlords got the young\Nand vulnerable to kill one another
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the name of Jihad.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Muslims against Muslims.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not protecting anyone against\Ninvaders or occupiers,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not bringing relief to the oppressed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Children being used,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cynically exploited,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people dying in conflicts which\NI was supporting in the name of Jihad.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it still carries on today.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Realizing that the violent Jihad\NI had engaged in abroad
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was so different,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such a chasm between\Nwhat I had experienced
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what I thought was sacred duty,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to reflect on my\Nactivities here in the UK.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to consider my preaching,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recruiting,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fundraising,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,training,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but most importantly, radicalizing --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sending young people to fight and die
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I was doing all totally wrong.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I got involved in violent\NJihad in the mid-'80s,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,starting with Afghanistan.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by the time I finished\Nit was the year 2000.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was completely immersed in it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All around me people supported,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,applauded,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even celebrated what\Nwe were doing in their name.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But by the time I learned to get out,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,completely disillusioned in the year 2000,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,15 years had passed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what goes wrong?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were so busy talking about virtue,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we were blinded by a cause.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we did not give ourselves a chance\Nto develop a virtuous character.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We told ourselves we were\Nfighting for the oppressed,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but these were un-winable wars.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We became the very instrument\Nthrough which more deaths occurred,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,complicit in causing further misery
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the selfish benefit of the cruel few.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So over time --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a very long time --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I opened my eyes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I began to dare to face the truth,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to think,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to face the hard questions.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got in touch with my soul.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What have I learned?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That people who engage\Nin violent Jihadism,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that people who are drawn\Nto these types of extremisms,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are not that different to everyone else.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I believe such people can change.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can regain their hearts\Nand restore them
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by filling them with human\Nvalues that heal.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we ignore the realities,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we discover that accept what we\Nare told without critical reflection.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will ignore the gifts and advantages\Nthat many of us would cherish
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even for a single moment in their lives.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I engaged in actions\NI thought were correct.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now I began to question\Nhow I knew what I knew.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I endlessly told others\Nto accept the truth,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I failed to give\Ndoubt its rightful place.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This conviction that people can change\Nis rooted in my experience,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my own journey.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through wide reading,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reflecting,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,contemplation,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,self-knowledge,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I discovered --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized that Islamists' world\Nof us and them is false and unjust.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through considering the uncertainties\Nin all that we had asserted,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the inviolable truths --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,incontestable truths --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I developed a more nuanced understanding.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized that in a world crowded\Nwith variation and contradiction,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,foolish preachers --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only foolish preachers\Nlike I used to be --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,see no paradox in the myths and fictions\Nthey use to assert authenticity.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I understood the vital\Nimportance of self-knowledge,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,politcal awareness
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the necessity for a deep and wide\Nunderstanding of our committments
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our actions,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how the effect others.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So my plea today to everyone,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially those who sincerely\Nbelieve in Islamist Jihadism,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,refuse dogmatic authority;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let go of anger, hatred and violence;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learn to right wrongs
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without even attempting to justify cruel,\Nunjust and futile behavior.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead create a few\Nbeautiful and useful things
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that outlive us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Approach the world --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,life --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with love.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[In all,] learn to develop,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or cultivate your hearts,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see goodness, beauty and truth\Nin others and in the world.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That way, we do matter more to ourselves;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to each other;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to our communities,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for me,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to God.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Jihad --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my true Jihad.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.