To be forced to defend oneself is an inherently undesirable position to be in. The focus shifts from ideas to the person conveying them.
In an open society, no idea can be above scrutiny, just as no people should be beneath dignity.
I was born and raised in Essex, just outside London, to a financially comfortable, well-educated Pakistani family.
Ironically, xenophobic nationalists are utilizing the benefits of globalization.
In current times, our moral uproar is best reserved for those who aspire to stone men or women to death, not those who consensually watch women - or men, for that matter - dance.
Unity in faith is theocracy; unity in politics is fascism.
