Projecting British Islam

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

People

British Muslim participants

British Muslims participating in trips under the auspices of Projecting British Islam included: Sabin Khan | 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[1]

Pakistan

  • June 2008

Adeeba Malik[2]

Egypt

  • July 2008

Usama Hasan | Aftab Malik | Wael Zubi[2]

Ethiopia and Somaliland

  • 18-23 August 2008

Fuad Nahdi (Journalist); Sheikh Babikir Ahmed Babikir (Educationalist); Sabin Malik (Community Cohesion specialist); Habib Malik (Islamic Relief).[3]

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[4]

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[5]

Algeria and Morocco

  • 7-13 February 2009

Shaaz Mehboob | Sabin Malik | Wael Zubi[6]

Resources

FCO Flickr albums

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Foreign and Commonwealth Office Previous PBI visits. Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 8 January 2009 on 14 July 2016.
  3. M2 PressWIRE, UK Government: Projecting British Islam visit to Ethiopia and Hargeisa 18-23 August. August 27, 2008 Wednesday.
  4. Foreign and Commonwealth Office Projecting British Islam visit to Turkey 10 to 14 November 2008
  5. 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.
  6. 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.