Radical: My Journey out of Islamist Extremism

Maajid Nawaz spent his teenage years learning about the radical Islamist movement spreading throughout Europe and Asia in the 1980s and '90s. He quickly rose through the ranks to become a top recruiter, setting up satellite groups until he was rounded up in the aftermath of 9/11. He was sent to an Egyptian prison where he was, fortuitously, jailed along with the assassins of Egyptian president Anwar Sadat. Twenty years in prison had changed the assassins' views on Islam and violence. He came out of prison four years later completely changed and determined to do something about it. Radical is a fascinating and important look into one man's journey out of extremism and into something else entirely.