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I was a teenage fundamentalist

Leeds-born Ed Husain believes that the Islamic extremists who indoctrinated him a decade ago are now even more powerful. He tells Torcuil Crichton of his fears for today�s Muslim youth

ED Husain wouldn'trecognisethemanwhoabandonedacarbombinLondon's West End in the early hoursofFridaybutheis intimate with the psychology of the driver who set out on what appears tohavebeenthelatestthwarted terrorist attempt on the capital.