9/11 Changed Everything: How Mubin Shaikh Walked Away From Jihadism

On September 11, 2001, Mubin Shaikh watched the attacks unfold while already deep inside a radical Islamist worldview. But instead of pushing him further into extremism, 9/11 became a turning point. In this episode of East to West, Mubin tells Sarah Martinez-Amir how he became radicalized, how the attacks forced him to confront the ideology he had embraced, and how that journey eventually led him to work undercover against extremists and infiltrate the Toronto 18 terror plot. Twenty-five years after 9/11, his story offers a rare look at radicalization, identity, extremism, and what can make someone turn back.