On serving in the militaries of western nations:

“I have no issue with serving the people of this country, but I wouldn’t fight for any country or a flag, a national flag. I think the Islamic idea of fighting is actually fighting for an idea, for a principle, it isn’t about fighting for a flag.”Peter Oborne, “Extremist is the secular word for heretic': the Hizb ut-Tahrir leader who insists on his right to speak,” Guardian (London), July 24, 2015, http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jul/24/david-cameron-extremism-struggle-generation-abdul-wahid.