In the aftermath of the Woolwich attack in which a British soldier was killed, apparently at the hands of Islamist fundamentalists, Quilliam Foundation researcher Dr Usama Hasan argues that moderates must do more to win over Muslim youth.

For decades in the UK and abroad, Muslim discourse has been dominated by fundamentalism and Islamism.

I spent two decades, starting in my teens, as an activist promoting these narrow and superficial misinterpretations of Islam in the UK, along with thousands of others here and millions in Muslim-majority countries, until deeper and wider experiences of faith and life helped me out of these intellectual and spiritual wastelands.

These discourses need to be defeated, and the developing counter-narratives to these worldviews and mindsets need to be strengthened.

By fundamentalism, I mean the reading of scripture out of context with no reference to history or a holistic view of the world.

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