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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 government's independent adviser for social cohesion and resilience. before that, she was the country's first counter—extremism c...

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 government's independent adviser for social cohesion and resilience. before that, she was the country's first counter—extremism commissioner. born and raised in bradford to pakistani parents, she once said, "there is something going horribly wrong with the muslim communities. we need to have an open and honest debate about that." words which won her praise from some,...

Called inspire, which fought for women's rights, as well as fighting against extremism. did you have in your mind a sense of, "i am going to do what my mother couldn't? " i think that's 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 window but she had never sat on the tube before because her husband did not want her to travel t...

You have talked about your father and the fact that he guided you through the extremism, if you like. what about your mother? what did she think about those teachings that you began to rail against? i mean, again neither of my parents were particularly religious. i think one thing i really took from my mother was she had huge aspirations. i remember she said she wanted to become a police detective before she got married and had children, but that was not what her parents wanted. she was expected to follow down the usual route of get married, have children, and i think again that had a really f...

That had a really fundamental impact on me. again, this was a woman who could not fulfil her aspirations in life and her dreams. yes, you set up a charity called inspire, which fought for women's rights, as well as fighting against extremism. did you have in your mind a sense of i am going to do what my mother couldn't? i think that's 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...