. >> so i've interspersed my autobiography with lines from omar kayem's rubaiyat.ist. he wrote this about his own works because he would question the norms of his day and advocate writing, literature, poetry to question such norms. that's what i'm doing. i called it radical and the reason i called it radical isn't describe what i used to be, it's to describe what i believe i am now. i believe to do this work is the truly radical work. i'm attempting to reclaim the word because i remember there was a time when it had a positive connotation and that's my purpose by mentioning these lines is to reclaim the radicalism here to think out of the box and ask my fellow muslims to stop questioning things they haven't been prepared to question because i genuinely believe this reform debate needs to kick off within the communities. >> rose: well, we'll end it there. you're running for parliament? >> yes, i'm the first bush-era political prison standing for parliament anywhere in a democracy. for 2016, for the liberal democrats. >> rose: the book is called "radical, my journey