Yasmine Mohammed, an ex-Muslim woman who was forced into marriage with a man later identified as an al-Qaeda operative, is now speaking publicly about her experience to warn against Islamic radicalisation. She has described enduring physical and sexual abuse within the marriage, which she says was justified to her on religious grounds by her mother, and says she eventually fled to protect her young daughter from being subjected to female genital mutilation.

Mohammed identified her former husband as Essam Marzouk, an Egyptian man she believes was radicalised partly due to difficulties adjusting to a more affluent social environment in his youth. She is now co-director of the Clarity Coalition and author of the book "Unveiled", and used the interview to raise broader concerns about extremist ideology spreading through foreign funding, particularly from Qatar, at American universities, including Ivy League institutions.