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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...

Called inspire, which fought for womens rights, as well as fighting against extremism. did you have in your mind a sense of, "i am going to do what my mother couldnt? " i think thats definitely... there was that kind of inspiration, but when i was in inspire, the number of women i came across who again were denied basic freedoms, i mean it actually gave me sleepless nights, and i remember one woman telling me how, i think it was tower hamlets, she could see tower hamlets tube station outside her...

Like i had a duty of responsibility to try and fight for their rights. that is not saying that all muslim women are oppressed, which i think some people have accused me of, im not about the muslim women who have got phds and are highly successful ceos. good for them. im concerned about those women who do not have those same freedoms and rights that we all take for granted. as you say, you have had a lot of criticism. the muslim council of britain, when you are appointed to be the tzar, said this...