Former Islamist details horrific abuse he witnessed after being jailed in Egypt
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Reformed radical turned counter-extremism activist Maajid Nawaz opens up about the torture he witnessed after being taken into custody in Egypt on "Tucker Carlson Today."
His ideas and organization participation, though not violent, led him on a journey to recruit others. He arrived in Egypt a day before the 9/11 attacks where he studied Arabic and set up group chapters. After a government clampdown, his house was raided and at 24-years-old in Egypt, he was jailed for his thoughts. What he witnessed changed his life.
"To get to that prison, you first have to go through the torture dungeon," he said. "...We were tied with rags around our eyes and our hands, and my number was 42...What they would do in that underground torture dungeon is they’d go through a roll call … Number one is called. The guard leads him off to the torture facility and everyone else hears the screams of number one..."