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He's been called "a pimp for the Prophet" and the "Arab Malcolm X." He has celebrated the 9/11 attacks, been banned from entering the United Kingdom, and rejects Israel's legitimacy. He is pro-Hamas and outspokenly anti-Semitic. Yet his many followers see him as something of a savior, a voice of emancipation for Muslims in the West.
Now, the Lebanese-Belgian activist Dyab Abou Jahjah is starting his own political party in Brussels, aiming to represent minority groups and his vision for a "society of radical equality." The initiative follows yet another of his many efforts, the October 2014 founding of Movement X, "a civil rights movement that embraces [the] new demographic reality" of Europe and "stands for a radical interpretation of democracy," according to its mission statement.