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In the 1990s Ed Husain was a fundamentalist.  Active in three major Islamist organizations in Britain, including Hizb-ut-Tahrir, a group banned in many countries around the world and currently under threat of being banned in Britain, he was recruited when he was sixteen.  Five years later, after a period of intense personal turmoil, Ed rejected Islamic fundamentalism.  He is author of The Islamist, which talks about his experiences for the first time.