Baz Ashmawy is out to find his lost Muslim

Irish-Egyptian Baz Ashmawy set out on a quest to reconnect with Islam, but IS attacks forced him to broaden his focus and include radicalisation, writes Ed Power

AZ Ashmawy had some reservations about the outpouring of horror and empathy that followed the November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris — until he visited the city and witnessed its grief first hand.

“What happened in Paris was absolutely atrocious,” says the presenter. “At the same time, the day before in Lebanon, 65 people were killed. If you look at the list of countries that are being terrorised at the moment, France isn’t even in the top 30. Iraq and Nigeria are number one and two and nobody gives a s**t.”