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By July 2008 there had 'been 26 visits involving over 70 delegates as part of the Projecting British Islam program since 2005... across the Middle East, Asia and Africa.'<ref name="IQNA">[http://iqna.ir/en/news/1668197/projecting-british-muslims- Projecting British Muslims]. ''International Quran News Agency'', 10:12 - July 12, 2008.</ref>
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Revision as of 08:38, 18 July 2016

Projecting British Islam was a British government propaganda venture run by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office between 2005 and 2010.

Background

According to the Foreign Office website at the time:

The FCO funds regular visits to the Muslim world by prominent British Muslims. The aim of Projecting British Islam is to provide a platform for British Muslims to challenge misconceptions overseas about the reality of life for Muslims in Britain – by showcasing the integral role Muslims play in British society. This undermines a key part of the extremist narrative overseas that the UK and the West is engaged in a War with Islam. The programme strengthens partnerships between British Muslims and communities overseas leading to grassroots follow-up initiatives.[1]

This public statement of the project was backed up by Written Answers in Parliament. According to Kim Howells Minister of State at the FCO, in 2007:

The 'Projecting British Islam' project is a programme of media intensive visits by British Muslim delegations, supported by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), to countries with significant Muslim populations. The aim is to counter misconceptions and misperceptions, which are exploited by extremists, about the treatment of Muslims and Islam in the UK.[2]


List of visits

In financial years 2005-06 and 2006-07 the delegations cost £350,000, visiting: Bahrain, Qatar, Sudan, Egypt, Nigeria, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Algeria, Bosnia, Morocco, Tanzania, Kenya, Germany, France, the Netherlands and the USA.
In financial years 2007-08 the FCO has allocated £180,000 to this project, for delegations to a range of countries including Sudan, Indonesia, Libya, Yemen, Afghanistan, Egypt, Bangladesh and Pakistan.


By July 2008 there had 'been 26 visits involving over 70 delegates as part of the Projecting British Islam program since 2005... across the Middle East, Asia and Africa.'[3]

People

British Muslim participants

British Muslims participating in trips under the auspices of Projecting British Islam included: Mohammed Abdul Aziz |

Iran

  • February 2008

Jehangir Malik

Indonesia

  • March 2008

Shelina Janmohamed

Bangladesh

  • March 2008

Rupa Huq | Konnie Huq

Afghanistan

  • April 2008

Sadiq Khan | Barrister Fatim Kurji Jumabhoy | Yasmin Qureshi | community worker Mustafa Suleyman | media expert Saad Mohseni[4]

Pakistan

  • June 2008

Adeeba Malik[5]

Egypt

  • July 2008

Usama Hasan | Aftab Malik | Wael Zubi[5] | writer Ed Hussein | Abdul-Rehman Malik, editor at the Muslim magazine Q-News[3]

Ethiopia and Somaliland

  • 18-23 August 2008

Fuad Nahdi (Journalist); Sheikh Babikir Ahmed Babikir (Educationalist); Sabin Malik (Community Cohesion specialist); Habib Malik (Islamic Relief).[6]

Turkey

  • 10-14 November 2008

Aftab Malik, scholar and author | Shaista Gohir, Director of Muslim Women's Network UK and Director of Muslim Voice UK | Dr. Anas Al-Shaikh-Ali, academic and scholar | Dr. Zahoor Qureshi, President Islamic Society of Britain | Navid Akhtar, Journalist | Shelina Janmohamed, writer and blogger[7]

Sudan

  • 14-17 December 2008

Sir Iqbal Sacranie, Chair, Muslim Aid and Muslim Council of Britain | Jehangir Malik, UK Director of Islamic Relief | Sheikh Ibrahim Mogra, Islamic scholar | Fatim Kurji, lawyer and Director of the CATCH charity project | Shelina Janmohamed, writer and commentator[8]

Algeria and Morocco

  • 7-13 February 2009

Haroon Forde | Shaaz Mehboob | Sabin Malik | Amina Dahbi Skali | Saad Souissi | Wael Zubi[9]

Resources

FCO Flickr albums

Notes

  1. FCO Projecting British Islam Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 8 January 2009 on 14 July 2016.
  2. HC Deb, Projecting British Islam: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs written question. 13 December 2007, c831W
  3. 3.0 3.1 Projecting British Muslims. International Quran News Agency, 10:12 - July 12, 2008.
  4. British Muslim delegation visits Afghanistan. Associated Press of Pakistan, 7 April 2008. Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 8 April 2008 on 14 July 2016.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Foreign and Commonwealth Office Previous PBI visits. Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 8 January 2009 on 14 July 2016.
  6. M2 PressWIRE, UK Government: Projecting British Islam visit to Ethiopia and Hargeisa 18-23 August. August 27, 2008 Wednesday.
  7. Foreign and Commonwealth Office Projecting British Islam visit to Turkey 10 to 14 November 2008
  8. FCO British Muslim group visits Darfur and Middle East (17/12/2008) Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 14 February 2009 on 14 July 2016.
  9. Foreign and Commonwealth Office Projecting British Islam visit to Algeria & Morocco: A group of British Muslims visited Morocco and Algeria from 7-13 February 2009 as part of the Projecting British Islam programme.