Britain's first Muslim Cabinet Minister, Sayeeda Warsi is also a lawyer, businesswoman and racial justice campaigner. Appointed to the House of Lords as a life peer at the age of thirty-six, she served as Chairman of the Conservative Party, in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and as Minister for Faith and Communities, an advisor of The Bridge Initiative at Georgetown University, a member of the International Advisory Board on Freedom of Religious Belief, University of Notre Dame and Pro-Vice Chancellor at the University of Bolton. Along with David Baddiel, she presents the podcast A Muslim and a Jew Go There.
There is no more powerful fighter for the cause that Muslims do, should and must matter than Sayeeda Warsi * David Baddiel * A vitally important book from a vitally important voice * David Olusoga * Burns with righteous anger. An urgent read for our times * Riz Ahmed * Sayeeda Warsi's important book about the normalisation in British politics and society of toxic prejudice directed at Muslims and Islam is essential reading for anyone who believes that Britain can be better than this * Robert Peston, Politics Editor, ITV News * Fiery, insightful and persuasive... We cannot afford to lose Warsi. She is a vital and impassioned voice * Suzanne Moore, Daily Telegraph * Measured but forceful * Sadakat Kadri, The Guardian *