Sohail Ahmed (activist)

Sohail Ahmed
Born (1992-02-10) 10 February 1992
CitizenshipBritish
Alma materOpen University
OccupationsCounter-terrorism and counter-extremism specialist
Known forFormer Muslim extremist, turned LGBT rights activist

Sohail Ahmed (born 10 February 1992) is an English social activist, former Islamist and Muslim extremist. Following his coming out as a gay man, he now works in the fields of counter-extremism, counter-terrorism, and social integration. He has been featured in the media and has written for a number of publications exploring his personal journey, LGBT rights in the Muslim world, and Islamic extremism. While he was a physics student at Queen Mary University in 2015, he said he had witnessed extremism and jihadism at the university.

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