. >> maajid nawaz joined hizb al-tarir at 16.he goal was a world-wide muslim callet fact. >> for 13 years of my life i considered america my enemy. i worked diligently to overthroe governments, recruit army officers and instigate military coups. >> after being arrested and suffering a 4-year term in an egyptian prison he emerged a changed man. he is the founder of a think tame to build grassroot change for this culture. >> i talk now to maajid nawaz, journey from islamist extremist to a democratic awakening." he is the liberal democratic member for parliament. here. >> thank you. >> you came from a family that was nod fundamentalist. your mum was born and grew up in britain. you were, by all accounts, as normal a british child. you loved hip hop, but then something happened. >> as a teenager i experienced violent racisement. i mean hammer attacks, screwdriver attacks, machete attacks by a group known as 18. i had white friends growing up in essex, a county next door to london. they'd hold me back and force me to watch as they stu