Khadija Khan is a British-Pakistani journalist, broadcaster, editor, and commentator based in the United Kingdom. She edits A Further Inquiry and co-hosts its podcast, examining human rights, women’s rights, minority protections, extremism, Islamism, secularism, and freedom of expression. Through journalism, debate, and public commentary, Khan challenges religious and political orthodoxies, defends dissent, and argues that open criticism of ideas is essential to resisting extremism and safeguarding universal rights and civic equality in plural democratic societies.
In this interview, Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Khadija Khan discuss the Pakistan-Saudi Arabia-Turkey defence pact, regional rivalries, and Palestinian statehood; public fascination with solar eclipses and superstition; risks posed by AI-generated police evidence; and the imprisonment of Andrew and Tristan Tate. They examine prisoner rights, accountability, misogyny, religious reinvention, social media influence, and how controversial online figures can reflect wider cultural problems involving masculinity, extremism, fame, and institutional trust across contemporary democratic public life societies.
Scott Douglas Jacobsen is the Lifestyle and Finance Writer and Editor for A Further Inquiry with more than 400 published articles in the outlet. He is the Founder and Publisher of In-Sight Publishing (ISBN: 978–1–0692343; 978–1–0673505) and Editor-in-Chief of In-Sight: Interviews (ISSN: 2369–6885). He writes for International Policy Digest (ISSN: 2332–9416), The Humanist (Print: ISSN, 0018–7399; Online: ISSN, 2163–3576), Basic Income Earth Network (UK Registered Charity 1177066), Humanist Perspectives (ISSN: 1719–6337), Vocal, Medium, The Good Men Project, The New Enlightenment Project, The Washington Outsider, rabble.ca, and other media. His bibliography index can be found via the Jacobsen Bank at In-Sight Publishing. He has served in national and international leadership roles within humanist and media organizations, held several academic fellowships, and currently serves on several boards. He is a member in good standing in numerous media organizations, including the Canadian Association of Journalists, PEN Canada (CRA: 88916 2541 RR0001), Reporters Without Borders (SIREN: 343 684 221/SIRET: 343 684 221 00041/EIN: 20–0708028), and others.
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