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the eastern city of chittagong. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking. the queen has expressed her hope that her platinum jubilee celebrations will focus on what brings us together, on what unites us, not what divides us. my guest on the programme has had to spend much of her career worrying about exactly the opposite, about extremism and how to counter it. she is dame sara khan. herjob now is the governments independent adviser...

on what unites us, not what divides us. my guest on the programme has had to spend much of her career worrying about exactly the opposite, about extremism and how to counter it. she is dame sara khan. herjob now is the governments independent adviser for social cohesion and resilience. before that, she was the countrys first counter—extremism commissioner. born and raised in bradford to pakistani parents, she once said, "there is something going horribly wrong with the muslim communi...

Was it that idea, that sort of sense that people are not standing up for my people that drew you in, orwas it an appeal of religious ideas? what was it? i think it was probably a mix of different things, because as a teenager i was quite interested in spirituality, i was quite interested in god, and i dont know whether to call that a pure thing, but i got involved in muslim activism and to some degree certain aspects of islamist activism, and i think a lot of that then eventuallyjarred, because ...

For example, that reallyjarred with my own human rights ethos and background, and so i kind of felt split between having a genuine belief in a humanistic egalitarian interpretation of the faith against certain creatures and organisations who were promoting very much the opposite, and so i think that conflict always jarred with me, but at the same time, i felt im going to speak out and defend the values that i feel and i will condemn people who promote those really regressive and negative reviews...